Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on September 1, 2026
PXS on September 1, 2026: why it ran
On September 1, 2026, PXS opened up 10.8% from the previous close of 5.36 and reached 6.44 at 11:51 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 5.36
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 5.94
- Gap at the open
- up 10.8%
- Pre-market high
- 6.19 at 4:00 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 6.44 at 11:51 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 5.75
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 6.23 at 4:00 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 6.18
- Volume
- 562,890
- Relative volume
- 14.6x
- Float
- 4.18 million shares, from filings as of September 1, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 10.24 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for PXS published between the previous session's close and the first minute PXS traded 20% above it, at 11:51 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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Why Pyxis Tankers Shares Are Trading Higher By Over 11%; Here Are 20 Stocks Moving Premarket
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Medtronic, Dell and 3 Stocks to Watch Heading Into Tuesday
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Pyxis Tankers Announces Financial Results for the Three & Six Months Ended June 30, 2026
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap and hold. It gapped up 10.8% to 5.94 at the open and held above it, trading at 6.18 at 4:00 p.m.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 4:15 p.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): Pyxis Tankers Announces Financial Results for the Three & Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 |
| 2:23 a.m. | News (Benzinga): Medtronic, Dell and 3 Stocks to Watch Heading Into Tuesday |
| 4:00 a.m. | Pre-market high, 6.19 |
| 4:35 a.m. | News (Benzinga): Why Pyxis Tankers Shares Are Trading Higher By Over 11%; Here Are 20 Stocks Moving Premarket |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 5.94, up 10.8% from the previous close |
| 11:51 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 5.36 |
| 11:51 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 6.44 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 6.18, 4.0% 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 7 hours 15 minutes after the latest news item before it (Benzinga, 4:35 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 68,844 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (12%), 163,524 in the first 30 minutes (29%), and 330,522 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (59%).
- Other days PXS met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 1, the latest on August 31, 2026.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for PXS 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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