NEW YORK (AVAFIN) -- Texas Instruments options established a new 90-day record for traded call and put contracts. A total of 11,800
put and 20,358 call contracts were traded raising a 0.58 put/call ratio on shares of TXN
Investors use options to manage risk and to speculate on price changes. Options can provide
significant leverage if the stock moves in the right direction but aslo end up worthless if it
doesn't.
Texas Instruments settled the day down $0.58 to $31.89 in the previous trading session. Today's
trading range was between $31.81 and $32.26 respectively. On the volume side, 12M shares were
traded, which is greater than the average volume of 9M shares. TXN is trading
below the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200 day
moving average. The stock's 52 week low is $24.34 and 52 week high is $35.98. To date, the stock has lost -3.42% within the last quarter.
The stock has a P/E ratio of 17.27 and a dividend yield of 1.85%.
