CULP, September 10: news and a gap that faded

Gap and fade. It gapped up 17.2% to $4.09 at the open and traded below the open by 4:00 p.m., at $3.83.

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

Previous close

$3.49

Open, 9:30 a.m.

$4.09

Gap at the open

+17.2%

Pre-market high

$4.38 at 6:11 a.m.

High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

$4.38 at 6:11 a.m.

Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

$3.64

Close, 4 p.m.

$3.83

Change at 4 p.m.

+9.7%

After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

$3.96 at 5:03 p.m.

Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

595,973

Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

22,676

Relative volume by 8 p.m.

16.8×

Float

10.52 million shares, from filings as of September 10, 2026

Shares outstanding

12.72 million

• From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 9 hours 51 minutes after the latest news item before it (Zacks Investment Research, Sep 9, 6:20 p.m.).
• Volume, from the one-minute bars: 287,105 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (46%), 114,342 in the first 30 minutes (18%), and 217,202 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (35%).
• Other days CULP met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 1, the latest on September 9, 2026.

On the day's lists: the pre-market gappers, intraday runners. It is here because it met the small-cap rule on the pre-market gappers: 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).

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).