Options Brief: USEC Inc.

Shares of USEC Inc. USU are higher on the session by 1.48%, trading at $3.42. Overall put volume is now running at 3.12x the daily average, with 65% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,640 contracts have traded on the session so far. USEC Inc., a global energy company, is a supplier of low enriched uranium for commercial nuclear power plants. The company has two segments: the low enriched uranium segment with two components, separative work units and uranium, and the contract services segment.