Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on October 28, 2026
NCPL, October 28: news and an after-hours run to $1.77
NCPL barely moved in the regular session after news, then ran to $1.77 after the close.
News via Stock News API
What happened
Before the open
The news came first: news at 12:04 p.m. Before the bell it reached $1.35, on 32K shares.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $1.21.
The close
It closed at $1.11, 18% under its high. After the close it ran to $1.77 by 6:25 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 down 7.6% at $1.21 and traded at $1.11 at the 4:00 p.m. close, then ran 59.5% from $1.11 to $1.77 at 6:25 p.m. after the close, on 4.32 million shares traded after hours.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Oct 27, 6:00 p.m. | News (Business Wire): NCPL Investors: Netcapital Inc. Shares Declined By $0.09 On August 18, 2026 – Contact Kirby McInerney LLP to Discuss Your Rights |
| 4:00 a.m. | Pre-market high, $1.35 |
| 4:00 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $1.35 |
| 8:27 a.m. | News (Newsfile Corp): ROSEN, SKILLED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Netcapital Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action First Filed by the Firm - NCPL |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $1.21, down 7.6% from the previous close |
| 12:04 p.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): DEADLINE ALERT for Duolingo, Inc. (DUOL), Webull Corporation (BULL), The Ensign Group, Inc. (ENSG), and Netcapital Inc. (NCPL): The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz Reminds Investors of Lead Plaintiff Deadlines in Securities Fraud Class Actions |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $1.11, 17.8% below the high |
| 4:32 p.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $1.31 |
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
- $1.31
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $1.21
- Gap at the open
- −7.6%
- Pre-market high
- $1.35 at 4:00 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $1.35 at 4:00 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $1.06
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $1.11
- Change at 4 p.m.
- −15.3%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $1.77 at 6:25 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 548,659
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 4.32 million
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 1.0×
- Float
- 6.88 million shares, from filings as of October 28, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 8.02 million
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 4 hours 28 minutes after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 12:04 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 31,774 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (1%), 170,791 in the first 30 minutes (4%), and 4.66 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (96%).
- Other days NCPL met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 18, the latest on October 30, 2026.
On the day's lists: the intraday runners. It is here because it was in play on the intraday runners: up 30% or more on $3 million or more really traded, outside the small-cap rule's price, relative volume or float, 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 NCPL 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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