Puts Purchased on AIXTRON AG

Shares of AIXTRON AG AIXG are lower on the session by 2.81%, currently trading at $34.40. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago the September 2011 $36.00 put was purchased 1,600 times, on the offer, on open interest of 35 contracts. Overall put volume is now running at 3.26x the daily average with 88% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. AIXTRON AG is a provider of deposition equipment equipment to the semiconductor and compound-semiconductor industry. The company's technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials.