The market fell again on Monday. The Santa rally, the historic climb of the S&P 500 that tends to mark the final five days after Christmas and the first two trading days of the new year, is so far returning -1.12%.
Just past the close, the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ traded down 1.07%, the         $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 0.92%, and the       $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ fell 1.19%.
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$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ attracted millions of dollars in unusual option trades as the stock rose near this year's high after analysts upgraded their outlook on the stock.
The biggest among the unusual option activities so far Monday involved an active buyer paying a $2.5 million premium to purchase put options that give the holder the right to sell 400,000 Tesla shares at $330 by Dec. 20. That bearish transaction was part of a m...

$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ bears are fanning unusual option activities costing hundreds of millions of dollars as the stock price fluctuates less than a day after the AI chip giant reported its fiscal third quarter financial results.
The biggest of those unusual trades involved the sale of call options that give the holders the right to buy 12.3 million Nvidia shares at $135 by Dec. 20, exchange data compiled by moomoo showed. The ...