Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on September 29, 2026
WW, September 29: news and $18.90
WW opened near its previous close after news, then ran to $18.90 during the session.
News via Stock News API
What happened
Before the open
The news came first: news at 8:00 a.m. Before the bell it reached $17.06, on 25K shares.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $16.29. It ran to $18.90 by 10:25 a.m.
The close
It closed at $17.13, 9% under its high.
What to take from it: The move came during the session, not at the open.
The details
How it traded, step by step
Intraday run. It opened up 8.4% at $16.29, then ran from the open to the high of $18.90 in 55 minutes.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): Weight Watchers and Google Health Enterprise Launch New Collaboration to Enhance Engagement and Outcomes in Weight Health Programs |
| 8:43 a.m. | Pre-market high, $17.06 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $16.29, up 8.4% from the previous close |
| 10:14 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $15.03 |
| 10:25 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $18.90 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $17.13, 9.4% 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
- $15.03
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $16.29
- Gap at the open
- +8.4%
- Pre-market high
- $17.06 at 8:43 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $18.90 at 10:25 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $14.85
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $17.13
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +14.0%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $17.47 at 4:03 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 768,596
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 22,392
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 5.6×
- Float
- 9.08 million shares, from filings as of September 29, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 10.00 million
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 2 hours 14 minutes after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 8:00 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 24,999 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (3%), 118,275 in the first 30 minutes (15%), and 647,714 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (82%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day WW met the small-cap rule.
On the day's lists: the gainers. It is here because it met the small-cap rule on the gainers: 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 WW 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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