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20 March
Notable Wednesday Option Activity: ITT, ACN, OXY

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in ITT Inc (Symbol: ITT), where a total of 1,457 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 145,700 underlying shares. That amounts to about 45.6% of ITT's average daily trading volume over the past month of 319,255 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $120 strike put option expiring April 19, 2024, with 700 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 70,000 underlying shares of ITT. Below is a chart showing ITT's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $120 strike highlighted in orange:

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Accenture plc (Symbol: ACN) options are showing a volume of 8,471 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 847,100 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 45.2% of ACN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.9 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $370 strike put option expiring March 22, 2024, with 712 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 71,200 underlying shares of ACN. Below is a chart showing ACN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $370 strike highlighted in orange:

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And Occidental Petroleum Corp (Symbol: OXY) saw options trading volume of 33,505 contracts, representing approximately 3.4 million underlying shares or approximately 43.8% of OXY's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 7.7 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $57 strike put option expiring April 19, 2024, with 3,004 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 300,400 underlying shares of OXY. Below is a chart showing OXY's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $57 strike highlighted in orange:

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For the various different available expirations for ITT options, ACN options, or OXY options, visit StockOptionsChannel.com.

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