Notable Thursday Option Activity: AZTA, RH, PII

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Azenta Inc (AZTA), where a total volume of 4,869 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 486,900 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 89.6% of AZTA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 543,680 shares..