Notable Wednesday Option Activity: PNR, VRT, BWXT

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Pentair PLC (PNR), where a total volume of 6,959 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 695,900 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 45.3% of PNR's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.5 million shares..