Options Brief: Sanofi-Aventis

Shares of Sanofi-Aventis SNY are lower on the session by 2.47%, trading at $37.06. Overall put volume is now running at 3.26x the daily average, with 6% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 3,202 contracts have traded on the session so far. Sanofi-Aventis is a pharmaceutical group engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of healthcare products. The company's business includes two main activities: pharmaceuticals and human vaccines through sanofi pasteur.