Notable Wednesday Option Activity: XOM, OPHT, NLNK

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM), where a total volume of 86,439 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 8.6 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 76.1% of XOM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 11.4 million shares..