HOST, October 20: news and $2.88

Gap and go. It gapped up 16.1% to $2.23 at the open, ran from the open to the high of $2.88 in 254 minutes, and held most of the move into the close: it gave back 14% of it by 4:00 p.m.

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

$1.92

Open, 9:30 a.m.

$2.23

Gap at the open

+16.1%

Pre-market high

$2.38 at 9:28 a.m.

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

$2.88 at 1:44 p.m.

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

$1.86

Close, 4 p.m.

$2.79

Change at 4 p.m.

+45.3%

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

$2.94 at 6:06 p.m.

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

1.92 million

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

119,203

Relative volume by 8 p.m.

21.7×

Float

5.97 million shares, from filings as of October 20, 2026

Shares outstanding

26.36 million

• From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 1 hour 13 minutes after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 8:15 a.m.).
• Volume, from the one-minute bars: 174,017 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (9%), 121,731 in the first 30 minutes (6%), and 1.75 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (86%).
• In our recaps, this is the only day HOST met the small-cap rule.

On the day's lists: the gainers, intraday runners. 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).

The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for HOST that day.

Halt bands that day: the LULD plan's Amendment 18 rules (what that means, LULD calculator).