Options Brief: Ensco plc (ESV)

Shares of Ensco plc ESV are higher on the session by 1.75%, trading at $54.00. Overall call volume is now running at 3.65x the daily average, with 66% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 9,280 contracts have traded on the session so far. Ensco plc, formerly Ensco International plc, is an offshore contract drilling company. As of February 15, 2010, Ensco's offshore rig fleet included 42 jackup rigs, four ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rigs and one barge rig.