Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: FCX, DOW, ADSK

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (FCX), where a total of 187,277 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 18.7 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 55.4% of FCX's average daily trading volume over the past month of 33.8 million shares..