Market Whales and Their Recent Bets on NEM Options

Benzinga's options scanner just detected over 11 options trades for Newmont NEM summing a total amount of $628,322.

At the same time, our algo caught 7 for a total amount of 362,072.

Predicted Price Range

After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $30.0 and $35.0 for Newmont, spanning the last three months.

Volume & Open Interest Trends

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Newmont options trades today is 1602.5 with a total volume of 4,609.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Newmont's big money trades within a strike price range of $30.0 to $35.0 over the last 30 days.

Newmont 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot

Noteworthy Options Activity:

About Newmont

Newmont is the world's largest gold miner, producing about 6 million attributable ounces of gold in 2022, good for about 5% of global mined output. The company also produced 1.3 million attributable gold equivalent ounces from the sale of byproducts, including copper, silver, zinc, and lead in 2022. It had about two decades of gold reserves along with significant byproduct reserves at end 2022. After buying Goldcorp in 2019 and combining its Nevada mines in a joint venture with competitor Barrick later that year, Newmont's portfolio includes 12 wholly owned mines and interests in two joint ventures in the Americas, Africa, and Australia. It is also in the process of acquiring competitor Newcrest, with the deal likely to close in November 2023.

Current Position of Newmont

• With a trading volume of 1,581,441, the price of NEM is up by 0.36%, reaching $36.48.
• Current RSI values indicate that the stock is is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
• Next earnings report is scheduled for 94 days from now.

What Analysts Are Saying About Newmont

1 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $58.0.

• In a cautious move, an analyst from BMO Capital downgraded its rating to Outperform, setting a price target of $58.

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