Watch These 5 Huge Put Purchases In Friday Trade

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Thursday’s regular session.

• St. Jude Medical, Inc. STJ Oct16 65.0 Puts Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $1.59: 1479 traded vs 116 OI: $77.84 Ref
• Lululemon Athletica inc. LULU Fri 9/2 79.5 Puts (Wkly): 1750 @ ASK $3.10: 1798 traded vs 73 OI: Earnings 9/1 After Close $80.28 Ref
• The Kroger Co KR Oct16 30.0 Puts Sweep: 2350 @ ASK $0.40: 2350 traded vs 6413 OI: Earnings 9/9 Before Open $33.03 Ref
• Honeywell International Inc. HON Oct16 110 Puts: 600 @ ASK $1.13: 611 traded vs 364 OI: $116.54 Ref
• Big Lots, Inc. BIG Fri $52.5 Puts at the bid: 2000 @ 2.601 vs. Open Interest 676