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LFCR on September 28, 2026: why it ran

Published October 12, 2026 · By Hindsight Markets

On September 28, 2026, LFCR opened up 55.2% from the previous close of 4.20 and reached 6.63 at 10:31 a.m. ET. The exchange halted it once.

Previous close

4.20

Open, 9:30 a.m.

6.52

Gap at the open

up 55.2%

Pre-market high

4.30 at 7:00 a.m.

High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

6.63 at 10:31 a.m.

Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

4.30

After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

6.65 at 4:08 p.m.

Last trade before 4:00 p.m.

6.53

Volume

2.14 million

Relative volume

20.9x

Float

26.34 million shares, from filings as of September 28, 2026

Shares outstanding

37.85 million

Halts

1

Why it ran

News and SEC filings for LFCR published between the previous session's close and the first minute LFCR traded 20% above it, at 9:55 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.

1. 8:56 a.m. ET · DEFA14A filed with the SEC

   DEFA 14A

2. 8:53 a.m. ET · 8-K filed with the SEC

   8-K

3. 8:45 a.m. ET · GlobeNewsWire

   Lifecore Biomedical to be Acquired by Webster Equity Partners

News via Stock News API

How it traded

Gap and hold. It gapped up 55.2% to 6.52 at the open and held above it, trading at 6.53 at 4:00 p.m.

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 58 minutes after the latest SEC filing before it (DEFA14A, 8:56 a.m.).
• Volume, from the one-minute bars: 830 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 335,039 in the first 30 minutes (16%), and 1.81 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (84%).
• The halt at 8:40 a.m.: unchanged in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 6.52, up 51.6% from the last trade before it, then down 0.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• In our recaps, this is the only day LFCR met the small-cap rule.

Halts

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.