Calls Purchased on LifePoint Hospitals (LPNT)

Shares of LifePoint Hospitals LPNT are lower on the session by 0.76%, currently trading at $36.75. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the August 2011 $35.00 call was purchased 800 times, on the offer, on open interest of 3 contracts. Overall call volume is now running at 67.29x the daily average with 66% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities in the United States. As of December 31, 2009, the company owned or leased 47 hospitals through subsidiaries, having a total of 5,552 licensed beds, and serving communities in 17 states. Seven of its hospitals are owned by third parties and leased by its subsidiaries.