Puts Sold on ASML Holding (ASML)

Shares of ASML Holding NV ASML are lower on the session by 0.51%, currently trading at $29.49. The stock has been gyrating lower over the past two months; the stock is currently trading in a technical downtrend. Options traders are selling puts on the name today. The July $30 put was sold, on or near the bid, 2,001 times; open interest on the strike is 3,656 contacts. This may signal that a long put position has been closed out. Put volume is now running at 5.36x the daily average. ASML Holding N.V. is a holding company, which operates through its subsidiaries. The company is a provider of advanced technology systems for the semiconductor industry. It offers an integrated portfolio of lithography systems mainly for manufacturing complex integrated circuits (semiconductors, ICs or chips).