Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on September 9, 2026
CULP, September 9: news and an after-hours run to $4.18
CULP barely moved in the regular session after news, then ran to $4.18 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 $3.42, on 52 shares.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $3.42.
The close
It closed at $3.49, near its high. After the close it ran to $4.18 by 4:15 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 $3.42 and traded at $3.49 at the 4:00 p.m. close, then ran 19.8% from $3.49 to $4.18 at 4:15 p.m. after the close, on 546,793 shares traded after hours.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 9:28 a.m. | Pre-market high, $3.42 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $3.42, up 0.0% from the previous close |
| 11:38 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $3.57 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $3.49, 2.2% below the high |
| 4:05 p.m. | News (Business Wire): Culp Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Results |
| 4:15 p.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $3.42 |
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
- $3.42
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $3.42
- Gap at the open
- +0.0%
- Pre-market high
- $3.42 at 9:28 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $3.57 at 11:38 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $3.41
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $3.49
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +2.0%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $4.18 at 4:15 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 35,591
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 546,793
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- n/m
- Float
- 10.52 million shares, from filings as of September 9, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 12.72 million
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 10 minutes after the latest news item before it (Business Wire, 4:05 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 52 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 220 in the first 30 minutes (0%), and 582,112 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (100%).
- Other days CULP met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 1, the latest on September 10, 2026.
- The next session, September 10, 2026, it gapped up 17.9% at 9:30 a.m.
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 CULP 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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