NRG Energy Inc. (NRG)

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Notable Call Options Activity in NRG Energy
By Michael J. Zerinskas
Benzinga Staff Writer

January 25, 2012 9:55 AM

Shares of NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG [FREE Stock Trend Analysis]) are higher on the session by 0.15%, currently trading at $16.52. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average.

Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing the heaviest volume is the March 2012 $17.00 call, which has traded 2,690 times on open interest of 2,640 contracts.

The majority of the action stems from a 2,032 contract block, purchased at $0.60.

Calls are outpacing puts today by 34 to 1.

NRG Energy, Inc. is a wholesale power generation company. In June 2010, NRG acquired a pipeline of solar development projects from US Solar Ventures, which is an affiliate of Arclight Capital Partners, LLC.

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