Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on August 24, 2026
CAPR, August 24: news and a gap that faded
CAPR opened up 27% after news, then faded below its open by the close.
News via Stock News API
What happened
Before the open
The news came first: news at 9:25 a.m. Before the bell it reached $9.09, on 1.4M shares.
The open
It opened up 27%, at $8.01.
The close
It closed at $6.80, 25% under its high.
What to take from it: A big gap is not a trend. This one traded below its open by the close.
The details
How it traded, step by step
Gap and fade. It gapped up 27.3% to $8.01 at the open and traded below the open by 4:00 p.m., at $6.80.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 23, 9:05 a.m. | News (Newsfile Corp): ROSEN, SKILLED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action - CAPR |
| 6:47 a.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): Investor Reminder: Capricor Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CAPR) Investors are Encouraged to Contact BFA Law – Securities Fraud Lawsuit Pending Over Mine Production Issues |
| 9:25 a.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): Capricor Therapeutics Announces Extension of PDUFA Target Action Date as FDA Continues Review of Deramiocel BLA |
| 9:25 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $6.29 |
| 9:25 a.m. | Pre-market high, $9.09 |
| 9:25 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $9.09 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $8.01, up 27.3% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $6.80, 25.2% below the high |
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
- $6.29
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $8.01
- Gap at the open
- +27.3%
- Pre-market high
- $9.09 at 9:25 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $9.09 at 9:25 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $6.24
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $6.80
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +8.1%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $6.83 at 5:47 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 9.15 million
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 300,763
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 1.5×
- Float
- 57.60 million shares, from filings as of August 24, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 58.14 million
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came less than a minute after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 9:25 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 1.40 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (15%), 2.11 million in the first 30 minutes (22%), and 5.95 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (63%).
- Other days CAPR met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 3, the latest on September 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 CAPR 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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