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Fertilizer company Mosaic gained more than 6 percent and is attracting some call buying Thursday, ahead of appearances at two major investor conferences in coming weeks.
The call activity is taking place at the March 40 and 45 strikes, the latter drawing 7,000 contracts traded against open interest of 4,418 earlier today, according to OptionMonster's tracking systems.
MOS stock [MOS
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If MOS can break through the next technical level, then these upside calls could perform. The company reported a sharp rise in quarterly earnings last month but recently announced layoffs and other cutbacks, citing weakening demand througout the fertilizer industry.
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Other Fertilizer Ag Firms:
Bunge [BG
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Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan [POT
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Agrium [AGU
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Terra Industries [TRA
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Pete Najarian is a professional investor, CNBC contributor, regular co-host of CNBC's "Fast Money" and co-founder of OptionMonster.com.
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