Options Brief: Baxter International Inc. (BAX)

Shares of Baxter International Inc. BAX are lower on the session by 1.14%, trading at $53.52. Overall put volume is now running at 4.64x the daily average, with 70% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 7,236 contracts have traded on the session so far. Baxter International Inc. is a global, diversified healthcare company. The company, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures and markets products that save and sustain the lives of people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions.