Notable Wednesday Option Activity: AKBA, UPS, EVC

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Akebia Therapeutics Inc (AKBA), where a total of 2,817 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 281,700 underlying shares. That amounts to about 158.4% of AKBA's average daily trading volume over the past month of 177,890 shares..