Options Brief: Lowe's Companies (LOW)

Shares of Lowe's Companies LOW are higher on the session by 1.01%, trading at $26.11. Overall call volume is now running at 6.10x the daily average, with 1% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 36,690 contracts have traded on the session so far. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a home improvement retailer. As of January 29, 2010, the company operated 1,710 stores, consisted of 1,694 stores across 50 United States states and 16 stores in Canada. Its 1,710 stores represent approximately 193 million square feet of retail selling space.