Calls Purchased on Danaher Corporation

Shares of Danaher Corporation DHR are higher on the session by 2.28%, currently trading at $53.33. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past five months and is currently trading above the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the September 2011 $55.00 call traded 3,000 times on open interest of 1,817 contracts. Overall call volume is now running at 6.48x the daily average with 79% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures and markets professional, medical, industrial and commercial products and services. The company operates in five segments: Test & Measurement; Environmental; Life Sciences & Diagnostics; Dental, and Industrial Technologies.