Shares of Ashland Inc. (NYSE:

) are higher on the session by 0.78%, trading at $61.68. Overall call volume is now running at 3.69x the daily average, with 0% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,600 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.