（彭博社）至少有一位投资者大举押注 CNX Resources Corp. 的股价将继续上涨，尽管这家天然气生产商的股价本周创下了 10 年来的新高。

CNX 的期权交易量激增，因为周四和周五有一个或多个投资者购买了超过 34,000 份看涨期权。这些衍生品赋予持有者在 4 月中旬之前以 40 美元的价格购买超过 300 万股股票的权利。这笔赌注是在股票交易价格仍在 35 美元左右时做出的，周五股价上涨 5.1% 至 36.52 美元，创下 2014 年 7 月以来的最高水平。

对于这家专注于马塞勒斯和尤蒂卡页岩气的价值 55 亿美元的天然气生产商来说，周五的期权交易量是自 2020 年 7 月以来的最大交易量。

尽管天然气期货价格下跌，但该股仍上涨。亨利港天然气价格本周下跌近 8%，创下自 7 月以来的最大单周跌幅。受产量增长和需求低迷的制约，今年大部分时间，该燃料的价格一直维持在每百万英热单位 3 美元以下。

美国能源信息署（Energy Information Administration）本周估计，今年冬季寒冷天气将使家庭消费增长约 5%，这给看好该商品的交易员带来了一些安慰。

与此同时，Sterling Capital 的一只基金在截至 9 月 30 日的季度中买入了该公司的股票。根据彭博社分析的数据，该仓位仅为 22,640 股。

(Bloomberg) — At least one investor is making a big bet that CNX Resources Corp. will keep climbing even as the natural gas producer’s stock reached a 10-year high this week.

Options trading in CNX surged as one or more investors bought over 34,000 call options on Thursday and Friday. The derivatives give holders the right to buy more than 3 million shares at $40 by mid-April. The wager was made while the stock was still trading around $35, shares advanced 5.1% Friday to $36.52, the highest since July 2014.

Friday’s option volume is the largest since July 2020 for the $5.5 billion natural gas producer focused on the Marcellus and Utica shale.

The stock’s advance comes even as natural gas futures slip. Henry Hub prices fell nearly 8% this week on track for their worst weekly slump since July. Prices for the fuel have been holding below $3 per million British Thermal Units for most of the year, restrained by growing production and lackluster demand.

The Energy Information Administration offered some comfort to traders bullish on the commodity, estimating this week that colder weather will boost home consumption by about 5% this winter.

Meanwhile, a Sterling Capital fund opened a position in the company in the quarter ended Sept. 30. The position was only 22,640 shares, according to data analyzed by Bloomberg.