Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 4, 2026
AMRC on August 4, 2026: why it ran
On August 4, 2026, AMRC opened up 40.7% from the previous close of 22.69 and reached 32.96 at 9:02 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 22.69
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 31.93
- Gap at the open
- up 40.7%
- Pre-market high
- 32.96 at 9:02 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 32.96 at 9:02 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 27.35
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 28.16 at 5:09 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 27.95
- Volume
- 1.85 million
- Relative volume
- 5.3x
- Float
- 32.14 million shares, from filings as of August 4, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 53.07 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for AMRC published between the previous session's close and the first minute AMRC traded 20% above it, at 4:01 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About Ameresco (AMRC) Q2 Earnings
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Ameresco Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
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Ameresco (AMRC) Meets Q2 Earnings Estimates
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap and fade. It gapped up 40.7% to 31.93 at the open and traded below the open by 4:00 p.m., at 27.95.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:46 p.m. | News (Zacks Investment Research): Ameresco (AMRC) Meets Q2 Earnings Estimates |
| Aug 3, 7:04 p.m. | News (MarketBeat): Ameresco Q2 Earnings Call Highlights |
| Aug 3, 7:31 p.m. | News (Zacks Investment Research): Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About Ameresco (AMRC) Q2 Earnings |
| 4:01 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 22.69 |
| 9:02 a.m. | Pre-market high, 32.96 |
| 9:02 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 32.96 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 31.93, up 40.7% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 27.95, 15.2% below the high |
The shape is a fixed rule, not a judgement: gapped 10% or more at the open, ran 10% or more from the open to the high, and faded if it gave back 30% or more of that move by the close.
The day in numbers
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 8 hours 29 minutes after the latest news item before it (Zacks Investment Research, Aug 3, 7:31 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 81,386 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (4%), 392,906 in the first 30 minutes (21%), and 1.37 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (74%).
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for AMRC that day.
On this date the LULD plan ran under Amendment 18, in force from February 24, 2020: no band doubling at the open, and the closing doubling only for Tier 1 stocks and Tier 2 stocks whose previous close was at or below three dollars. See LULD halts or work out a band with the LULD calculator.
Trade this day
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