Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: IGT, GEO, ZNGA

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in International Game Technology PLC (IGT), where a total volume of 12,382 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.2 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 54.1% of IGT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.3 million shares..