Options Brief: Albemarle Corporation (ALB)

Shares of Albemarle Corporation ALB are lower on the session by 1.23%, trading at $69.10. Overall put volume is now running at 11.84x the daily average, with 43% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,030 contracts have traded on the session so far. Albemarle Corporation is a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of engineered specialty chemicals for consumer electronics, petroleum refining, utilities, packaging, construction, automotive/transportation, pharmaceuticals, crop protection, food-safety and custom chemistry services.