Options Brief: Ashland

Shares of Ashland ASH are lower on the session by 2.87%, trading at $51.73. Overall put volume is now running at 4.52x the daily average, with 58% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,771 contracts have traded on the session so far. Ashland Inc. business consists of five segments: Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients; Ashland Hercules Water Technologies; Ashland Performance Materials; Ashland Consumer Markets, and Ashland Distribution.