Upside Purchased on Anglogold Ashanti (AU)

Shares of Anglogold Ashanti LTD AU are lower on the session by 1.15%, currently trading at $40.48. The stock has been trading largely higher over the past six months, but has come under some selling pressure as of late. Options traders are buying some calls on the name today. The July $40.00 call was purchased 2,000 times, near the offer, on open interest of 3,731 contracts. Call volume is now running at 2.62x the daily average. AngloGold Ashanti Limited is a global producer of gold. AngloGold Ashanti has 21 operations and a number of exploration programs in gold-producing regions of the world. As of December 31, 2009, AngloGold Ashanti's ore reserve totaled 71.4 million ounces.