Options Brief: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates (VSEA)

Shares of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates VSEA are higher on the session by 6.58%, trading at $45.98. Overall call volume is now running at 4.21x the daily average, with 9% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,136 contracts have traded on the session so far. Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. is a supplier of ion implantation systems, which the company refers to as tools, used in the fabrication of integrated circuits, which it refers to as microchips or chips.