Options Market Statistics: GM Stock Jumps 9% After Big Profit Beat; Options Pop

1. $General Motors (GM.US)$ gave investors the results they were hoping for this quarter. The company posted third-quarter earnings per share of $2.96 and an operating profit of $4.1 billion from sales of $48.8 billion. Wall Street was looking for EPS of $2.38 and an operating profit of $3.3 billion from sales of $44.7 billion, according to FactSet.

There was a noteworthy activity in $Lucid Group (LCID.US)$, with $2 puts topping the highest volume to open interest ranking. The highest volume over open interest ratio reaches 284.5x with 85,632 contracts.

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