Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: CCMP, BRKS, JWN

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in CMC Materials Inc (CCMP), where a total volume of 651 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 65,100 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 45.4% of CCMP's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 143,420 shares..