Options Brief: Randgold Resources (GOLD)

Shares of Randgold Resources GOLD are lower on the session by 1.83%, trading at $82.30. Overall put volume is now running at 3.45x the daily average, with 35% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 5,942 contracts have traded on the session so far. Randgold Resources Ltd. is engaged in gold mining, exploration and related activities. The company's activities are focused on West and Central Africa. In Mali, it has an 80% controlling interest in the Loulo mine through Societe des Mines de Loulo S.A.