Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 24, 2026
CAPR on August 24, 2026: why it ran
On August 24, 2026, CAPR opened up 27.3% from the previous close of 6.29 and reached 9.09 at 9:25 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 6.29
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 8.01
- Gap at the open
- up 27.3%
- Pre-market high
- 9.09 at 9:25 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 9.09 at 9:25 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 6.24
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 6.83 at 5:47 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 6.80
- Volume
- 9.45 million
- Relative volume
- 1.5x
- Float
- 57.60 million shares, from filings as of August 24, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 58.14 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for CAPR published between the previous session's close and the first minute CAPR traded 20% above it, at 9:25 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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Capricor Therapeutics Announces Extension of PDUFA Target Action Date as FDA Continues Review of Deramiocel BLA
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Investor Reminder: Capricor Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CAPR) Investors are Encouraged to Contact BFA Law – Securities Fraud Lawsuit Pending Over Mine Production Issues
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ROSEN, SKILLED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action - CAPR
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap and fade. It gapped up 27.3% to 8.01 at the open and traded below the open by 4:00 p.m., at 6.80.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 23, 9:05 a.m. | News (Newsfile Corp): ROSEN, SKILLED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action - CAPR |
| 6:47 a.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): Investor Reminder: Capricor Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CAPR) Investors are Encouraged to Contact BFA Law – Securities Fraud Lawsuit Pending Over Mine Production Issues |
| 9:25 a.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): Capricor Therapeutics Announces Extension of PDUFA Target Action Date as FDA Continues Review of Deramiocel BLA |
| 9:25 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 6.29 |
| 9:25 a.m. | Pre-market high, 9.09 |
| 9:25 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 9.09 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 8.01, up 27.3% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 6.80, 25.2% 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 less than a minute after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 9:25 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 1.40 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (15%), 2.11 million in the first 30 minutes (22%), and 5.95 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (63%).
- Other days CAPR met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 3, the latest on September 30, 2026.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for CAPR 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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