Options Brief: Cost Plus, Inc. (CPWM)

Shares of Cost Plus, Inc. CPWM are lower on the session by 8.17%, trading at $9.66. Overall call volume is now running at 2.47x the daily average, with 48% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,298 contracts have traded on the session so far. Cost Plus, Inc. is a specialty retailer of casual home furnishings and entertaining products in the United States. As of January 30, 2010, the company operated 268 stores under the name World Market, Cost Plus World Market, Cost Plus Imports and World Market Stores in 30 states.