Options Brief: AnnTaylor Stores Corp.

Shares of AnnTaylor Stores Corp. ANN are lower on the session by 4.10%, trading at $28.78. Overall put volume is now running at 7.07x the daily average, with 6% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 7,353 contracts have traded on the session so far. AnnTaylor Stores Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a specialty retailer of women's apparel, shoes and accessories sold primarily under the Ann Taylor and LOFT brands. Its Ann Taylor and LOFT stores offer a range of career and casual separates, dresses, tops, weekend wear, shoes and accessories.