Options Brief: Nicor Inc.

Shares of Nicor Inc. GAS are lower on the session by 0.09%, trading at $54.54. Overall put volume is now running at 60.53x the daily average, with 50% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,150 contracts have traded on the session so far. Nicor Inc. is a holding company engaged in the gas distribution business. The company's subsidiaries include Northern Illinois Gas Company and Tropical Shipping.