Options Market Statistics: Nvidia Reaches $3.5 Trillion Market Value as Its Stock Hits New High; Options Pop

1. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$'s stock was a standout gainer in the chip sector on Monday as it powered to levels that cemented a new milestone. The company's closing market cap was $3.525 trillion in Monday action.

2. On October 21, $Centene (CNC.US)$ had active options trading, with a total trading volume of 240.75K options for the day, of which put options accounted for 54.15% of the total transactions, and call options accounted for 45.85%.

There was a noteworthy activity in $CVS Health (CVS.US)$, with $50 calls topping the highest volume to open interest ranking. The highest volume over open interest ratio reaches 54.8x with 5,862 contracts.

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