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PXS, August 31: news and an after-hours run to $6.72

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PXS barely moved in the regular session after news, then ran to $6.72 after the close.

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NewsNews$6.72$5.364 a.m.9:30noon4 p.m.8 p.m.
PXS on August 31, 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 4:15 p.m. Before the bell it reached $5.54, on 235 shares.

The open

It opened near its previous close, at $5.37.

The close

It closed at $5.38, near its high. After the close it ran to $6.72 by 4:29 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 0.2% at $5.37 and traded at $5.38 at the 4:00 p.m. close, then ran 24.9% from $5.38 to $6.72 at 4:29 p.m. after the close, on 378,816 shares traded after hours.

Time (ET)What happened
2:05 a.m.News (Benzinga): SAIC, Walmart And 3 Stocks To Watch Heading Into Monday
9:29 a.m.Pre-market high, $5.54
9:30 a.m.The open: $5.37, up 0.2% from the previous close
3:30 p.m.High of the day to the close, $5.55
3:59 p.m.Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $5.38, 3.1% below the high
4:15 p.m.News (GlobeNewsWire): Pyxis Tankers Announces Financial Results for the Three & Six Months Ended June 30, 2026
4:28 p.m.First trade 20% above the previous close of $5.36

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
$5.36
Open, 9:30 a.m.
$5.37
Gap at the open
+0.2%
Pre-market high
$5.54 at 9:29 a.m.
High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$5.55 at 3:30 p.m.
Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$5.35
Close, 4 p.m.
$5.38
Change at 4 p.m.
+0.4%
After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
$6.72 at 4:29 p.m.
Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
30,336
Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
378,816
Relative volume by 8 p.m.
21.8×
Float
4.18 million shares, from filings as of August 31, 2026
Shares outstanding
10.24 million
  • From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 13 minutes after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 4:15 p.m.).
  • Volume, from the one-minute bars: 235 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 8,427 in the first 30 minutes (2%), and 400,490 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (98%).
  • Other days PXS met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 1, the latest on September 1, 2026.
  • The next session, September 1, 2026, it was up 15.3% from its previous close at the 4:00 p.m. close.

On the day's lists: the after-hours movers. It is here because it met the small-cap rule on the after-hours movers: 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 PXS 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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