Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: SWKS, FBRX, MDU

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Skyworks Solutions Inc (SWKS), where a total volume of 11,490 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.1 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 71.7% of SWKS's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.6 million shares..