Posts Tagged ‘MIR’

Options Spike: NRG Energy & Mirant (NRG, MIR)

There are two options contracts that are the most active on the CBOE today, and both are electric producers and power generation.   NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) and Mirant Corp. (NYSE: MIR) hold the two top spots for options trading so far this morning.

NRG’s JUL08 $42.50 CALL    with 15,005 contracts traded, and prior open interest [...]

Major Block Trade: Mirant (MIR)

Mirant Corp. (NYSE: MIR) is seeing shares up 0.9% at $40.86 on heavy volume of 11.7 million shares as of 10:02 AM EST.  While there hasn’t been any fresh news on the stock, there was a rather unusual trade.  A single block trade posted on the tape for 8,498,396 shares at $40.90 at 9:46.  As [...]