Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on September 8, 2026
ANY, September 8: news and an after-hours run to $2.98
ANY barely moved in the regular session after news, then ran to $2.98 after the close.
News via Stock News API
What happened
Before the open
The news came first: news at 4:05 p.m. Before the bell it reached $2.33, on 129 shares.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $2.32.
The close
It closed at $2.44, near its high. After the close it ran to $2.98 by 4:06 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 0.0% at $2.32 and traded at $2.44 at the 4:00 p.m. close, then ran 22.1% from $2.44 to $2.98 at 4:06 p.m. after the close, on 1.07 million shares traded after hours.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 7:32 a.m. | Pre-market high, $2.33 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $2.32, up 0.0% from the previous close |
| 1:59 p.m. | High of the day to the close, $2.51 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $2.44, 2.8% below the high |
| 4:05 p.m. | News (Newsfile Corp): Sphere 3D Corp. Concludes 90-Day Strategic Review, Announces Pricing of $5.0 Million Private Placement, and Divests Non-Core Assets to Fund AI and High-Performance Computing Development |
| 4:06 p.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $2.32 |
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
- $2.32
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $2.32
- Gap at the open
- +0.0%
- Pre-market high
- $2.33 at 7:32 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $2.51 at 1:59 p.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $2.32
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $2.44
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +5.2%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $2.98 at 4:06 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 165,080
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 1.07 million
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 7.2×
- Float
- 1.73 million shares, from filings as of September 8, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 1.83 million
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 1 minute after the latest news item before it (Newsfile Corp, 4:05 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 129 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 13,463 in the first 30 minutes (1%), and 1.22 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (99%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day ANY met the small-cap rule.
On the day's lists: the intraday runners, after-hours movers. It is here because it met the small-cap rule on the intraday runners: 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 ANY 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.
Trade this day
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