Today’s tickers: RIMM, VRTX & ABX RIMM  - Research In Motion Ltd. –  Upside call buying in Blackberry maker, Research In Motion, could result in quick overnight profits for some traders as long as shares in the name extend gains through the end of the trading week. Shares in RIMM are up 9% this morning to stand at $8.65 as of 11:55 a.m. in New York, adding to Wednesday’s more than 4.5% gain in the stock, sparked by reports that wireless carriers have started lab-testing the company’s Blackberry 10 phones. Options traders who purchased weekly calls on Research In Motion yesterday have in some cases seen the value of bullish positions rise markedly since the prior session. For example, buyers of around 1,600 Nov. 02 ’12 $8.5 strike calls on Wednesday for roughly $0.01 per contract now find these options changing hands at $0.18 apiece. Traders appear to be bulking up on the $8.5 strike weekly calls, purchasing another 2,300 contracts in morning trading on Thursday. Bulls also snapped up 2,300 calls at the higher Nov. 02 ’12 $9.0 strike for an average premium of $0.02 each. Continued gains in shares of the wireless company ahead of the weekend may result in substantial gains on positions established today. Not all trading traffic in weekly options with one full trading session remaining to expiration is bullish. Buyers of around 2,400 puts at the Nov. 02 ’12 $8.5 strike for an average premium of $0.13 apiece, and some 4,000 of the Nov. 02 ’12 $8.0 strike put options at $0.05 each, may profit at expiration if RIMM’s shares return some of the week’s gains tomorrow. VRTX  - Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. –  Shares in drug maker, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., are soaring today, up better than 7% at $51.72 in early-afternoon trade, on news the biotechnology company agreed to test one of its experimental hepatitis C drugs with therapies from Johnson & Johnson and GlaxoSmithKline. Cambridge, Mass.-based Vertex is…