Notable Wednesday Option Activity: AET, PEP, BDX

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Aetna Inc (AET), where a total of 6,518 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 651,800 underlying shares. That amounts to about 41.3% of AET's average daily trading volume over the past month of 1.6 million shares..