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Real-time equity news [E U] U.S. stock market report 0924 ET 26June2013 Total option open interest stands at 2.89 mln contracts --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A total of 15.1 million contracts changed hands in the U.S.-listed options market on Tuesday, resulting in net open interest growth of 1.85 million calls and 1.04 million puts, according to Trade Alert.
Bank of America Corp, BlackBerry, Sirius XM Radio Inc and Facebook Inc attracted the greatest growth in option open positions, data from Trade Alert showed.
The top five new positions opened include 50,000 Sirius XM January 2015 $2 strike puts, 20,000 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd January 2015 $17.50 strike calls, 20,000 Annaly Capital Management Inc October $14 strike calls, 17,000 Ford Motor Co August $15 strike calls and 15,000 Qualcomm Inc August $67.50 strike calls, Trade Alert said.
Reuters Messaging: doris.frankel.reuters.com@reuters.net
0703 ET 26June2013-Economic and earnings diary for June 26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- S&P 500 companies scheduled to report quarterly results on Wednesday include General Mills, Monsanto Co and Paychex. Economic indicators on tap includes the final read on first-quarter gross domestic product.
Reuters Messaging: ryan.vlastelica@reuters.com@reuters.net
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