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Options traders on Friday are bearish on State Street, trading January puts in heavy volume.
The financial services firm has seen a daily average of 1,800 put contracts over the last 30 days, but 14,000 traded in just the first 90 minutes of the session, according to OptionMonster's proprietary tracking systems.
About 5,500 puts were traded at the January 25 strike, 4,400 of them in a single print for $1.85.
Shares of STT [STT
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More Northeast Banks:
PNC Financial Services Group [PNC
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National City Corporation [NCC
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Fifth Third Bancorp [FITB
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US Bancorp [USB
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Jon 'DRJ' Najarian is a professional investor, CNBC contributor, and cofounder of OptionMonster.
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