Options Market Statistics: Broadcom Shares Surged Over 24% to Top $1 Trillion Valuation; Options Pop

1. $Broadcom (AVGO.US)$ shares surged over 24% on Friday, following the chipmaker's quarterly earnings call Thursday evening, where it highlighted a "massive" opportunity within the artificial intelligence sector.

2. $Palantir (PLTR.US)$ shares was up 4.2% on Friday. The Nasdaq said Friday evening that $Palantir (PLTR.US)$ will join the Nasdaq 100 index as part of the key market measure's latest rebalancing.

There was a noteworthy activity in $Broadcom (AVGO.US)$, where multiple puts and calls have topped volume to open interest ranking. The highest volume over open interesIt ratio reaches 145x with nearly 15,727 contracts.

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