Notable Call Options Activity in H&R Block

Shares of H&R Block

are higher on the session by 0.94%, currently trading at $15.09. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the September 2011 $16.00 call traded 2,100 times on open interest of 2,745 contracts. Calls are outpacing puts today by 25 to 1. H&R Block, Inc. is a tax service provider. H&R Block has subsidiaries that provide tax, banking and business and consulting services. Its Tax Services segment provides income tax return preparation, electronic filing and other services and products related to income tax return preparation to the general public primarily in the United States, and also in Canada and Australia.