volume of call and put contracts crossed the tape today. Total of 8,298 call contracts and 269 put contracts were traded in the marketplace. Today’s traded Put/Call ratio is 0.03. There were 30.85 calls traded for each put contract.

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ake-Two Interactive Software (TTWO) surged in after-hours trading on strong earnings reported Thursday after the market close. Pre-market trading on Friday continued the gains. As of 8:09 am, the stock was at $10.11 per share, a 14.24% over Thursday’s close.

The company reported net revenue for the quarter of $354.1 million on Thursday, a more than threefold gain from the same quarter a year ago, when it reported net revenue of $94.9 million. Strong sales of its Red Dead Redemption title drove the gains.

Income from continuing operations was $12.4 million or 14 cents per diluted share, the company said in a statement. For the same quarter in fiscal 2009, the company reported a loss from continuing operations of $58.3 million, or 76 cents per share.

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Interactive Software)announced today that it will report financial results for the third quarter ended July 31, 2010 on Thursday, September 2, 2010 after the financial markets close. A conference call to discuss the results will be held at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time and can be accessed.

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a global developer, marketer and publisher of interactive entertainment software games for the PC, PlayStation(R)3 and PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment systems, PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) system, Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM), iPhone(R), iPod(R) touch and iPad(TM). The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games and 2K, which publishes its titles under 2K Games, 2K Sports and 2K Play. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website
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