Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on August 21, 2026
NINE, August 21: a run to $12.72
NINE opened near its previous close, then ran to $12.72 during the session.
What happened
Before the open
We found no news or filing before the move. Before the bell it reached $10.58, on 102 shares.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $10.50. It ran to $12.72 by 9:44 a.m.
The close
It closed at $11.49, 10% under its high.
What to take from it: The move came during the session, not at the open.
The details
How it traded, step by step
Intraday run. It opened up 3.1% at $10.50, then ran from the open to the high of $12.72 in 14 minutes.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 8:29 a.m. | Pre-market high, $10.58 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $10.50, up 3.1% from the previous close |
| 9:44 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $10.18 |
| 9:44 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $12.72 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $11.49, 9.7% below the high |
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
- $10.18
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $10.50
- Gap at the open
- +3.1%
- Pre-market high
- $10.58 at 8:29 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $12.72 at 9:44 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $10.50
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $11.49
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +12.9%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $11.75 at 5:26 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 478,997
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 4,960
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 12.5×
- Float
- 12.83 million shares, from filings as of August 21, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 13.95 million
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 102 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 143,011 in the first 30 minutes (30%), and 340,844 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (70%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day NINE met the small-cap rule.
On the day's lists: the gainers. It is here because it met the small-cap rule on the gainers: price $2 to $20, up 10% or more, relative volume 5× or more, float under 20 million shares, 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 NINE 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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