Notable Thursday Option Activity: LIN, AVGO, MA

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Linde plc (LIN), where a total volume of 7,170 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 717,000 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 44.7% of LIN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.6 million shares..