Calls Purchased on Health Care REIT

Shares of Health Care REIT HCN are lower on the session by 5.65%, currently trading at $43.12. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the March 2012 $45.00 call traded 870 times on open interest of 67 contracts. Overall call volume is now running at 5.15x the daily average with 92% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. Health Care REIT, Inc. is a real estate investment trust engaged in senior housing and health care real estate.