Options Brief: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP)

Shares of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. CNP are higher on the session by 0.59%, trading at $18.71. Overall call volume is now running at 4.05x the daily average, with 58% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,527 contracts have traded on the session so far. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a public utility holding company. The company's indirect wholly owned subsidiaries include CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, which engages in the electric transmission and distribution business in a 5,000-square mile area of the Texas Gulf Coast that includes Houston, and CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., which owns and operates natural gas distribution systems in six states.