Watch These 5 Huge Call Purchases In Thursday Trade

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Wednesday's regular session.

• Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ARNA Apr17 3.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.225: 500 traded vs 26 OI: Earnings 11/8 $1.78 Ref
• Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. RIGL Dec16 2.5 Calls: 3250 @ ASK $1.55: 3260 traded vs 415 OI: Earnings 11/1 $3.59 Ref
• Juniper Networks, Inc. JNPR Jan17 26.0 Calls: 7600 @ ASK $0.80: 8104 traded vs 1163 OI: Earnings 10/25 After Close $23.99 Ref
• Darden Restaurants, Inc. DRI Oct16 60.0 Calls: 630 @ ASK $1.95: 1662 traded vs 614 OI: Earnings 10/4 Before Open $60.91 Ref
• Corrections Corp Of America CXW Nov 16.0 Calls Sweep: 4000 @ ASK $0.85