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CERS, November 2: news and an after-hours run to $3.04

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CERS barely moved in the regular session after news, then ran to $3.04 after the close.

News via Stock News API

News$3.04$2.29$1.984 a.m.9:30noon4 p.m.8 p.m.
CERS on November 2, 2026, one-minute bars, New York time. Bands: halts. Flags: the news or filing before the move. Dotted line: the previous close. Shaded: before the 9:30 a.m. open and after the 4:00 p.m. close.

What happened

Before the open

The news came first: news at 4:00 p.m. Before the bell it reached $2.31, on 87 shares.

The open

It opened near its previous close, at $2.32.

The close

It closed at $2.33, near its high. After the close it ran to $3.04 by 4:03 p.m.

What to take from it: The day's real move came after the 4 p.m. close, not in the regular session.

The details

How it traded, step by step

After-hours run. It opened up 1.3% at $2.32 and traded at $2.33 at the 4:00 p.m. close, then ran 30.5% from $2.33 to $3.04 at 4:03 p.m. after the close, on 1.09 million shares traded after hours.

Time (ET)What happened
8:38 a.m.Pre-market high, $2.31
9:30 a.m.The open: $2.32, up 1.3% from the previous close
2:11 p.m.High of the day to the close, $2.42
3:59 p.m.Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $2.33, 3.9% below the high
4:00 p.m.News (Business Wire): Cerus Corporation Announces Positive Topline Results from Phase 3 RedeS Trial of the INTERCEPT Blood System for Red Blood Cells
4:01 p.m.First trade 20% above the previous close of $2.29

The shape's name comes from a fixed rule, not a judgement (how shapes are named). Halts are in the halt table below.

The day in numbers
Previous close
$2.29
Open, 9:30 a.m.
$2.32
Gap at the open
+1.3%
Pre-market high
$2.31 at 8:38 a.m.
High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$2.42 at 2:11 p.m.
Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$2.27
Close, 4 p.m.
$2.33
Change at 4 p.m.
+1.7%
After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
$3.04 at 4:03 p.m.
Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
1.47 million
Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
1.09 million
Relative volume by 8 p.m.
2.2×
Float
190.62 million shares, from filings as of November 2, 2026
Shares outstanding
201.52 million
  • From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 1 minute after the latest news item before it (Business Wire, 4:00 p.m.).
  • Volume, from the one-minute bars: 87 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 129,806 in the first 30 minutes (5%), and 2.43 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (95%).
  • In our recaps, this is the only day CERS met the small-cap rule.

On the day's lists: the intraday runners. It is here because it was in play on the intraday runners: up 30% or more on $3 million or more really traded, outside the small-cap rule's price, relative volume or float, its high reached $1 or more and it started the day at $20 or under (the rule every page uses).

Halts (none)

The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for CERS that day.

Halt bands that day: the LULD plan's Amendment 18 rules (what that means, LULD calculator).

How we read the data, name a day's shape and pick the stocks: methodology.

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