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MI ran +96% before the open, then closed +1%

Fri 09 Oct 2026·Daily recap

Pre-market 09:25 ET

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5 names cleared the screen at 09:25. VIVK had the biggest gap at +79% on a 0.59M float. The most money went through VEEA: $130.6M before the open, 14.5 times its float.

TickerGap 09:25PM highFloatPM $RotationCountry
VIVK+79%+88%0.59M$64.3M1,776%USA
VEEA+47%+58%1.59M$130.6M1,451%USA
OFAL+26%+43%2.93M$16.9M1,060%Hong Kong
MI+21%+96%0.54M$29.0M3,828%Hong Kong
ESLA+21%+33%17.22M$2.7M31%USA

Why they moved

  • VIVK: Vivakor signed a letter of intent to buy Direct Midstream in a deal valued at roughly $40 million.
  • VEEA: Veea said it is once again meeting all of Nasdaq's continued listing requirements, announced after Thursday's close.
  • OFAL: OFA Group finished buying and registering title to a coastal property in Choshi, Japan, which it plans to develop into private-pay senior housing.
  • MI: NFT Ltd. priced a registered direct offering of about 1.89 million units at $1.35 each, raising roughly $2.55 million earlier this week.
  • ESLA: No company news found before the open.

Pre-market levels reference prices at 09:25

The prices traders were watching going into the open: the pre-market high and low, the 09:25 price, and yesterday's close.

TickerPM high09:25PM lowPrev close
VIVK$7.53$7.18$3.83$4.01
VEEA$6.13$5.70$4.76$3.87
OFAL$0.5902$0.5199$0.4633$0.4117
MI$1.75$1.08$0.9222$0.8937
ESLA$0.557$0.5033$0.4705$0.4175

How they traded 09:30–16:00

3 of 5 closed above the previous day's close, and 2 closed at or above their 09:25 gap. The biggest give-back was MI: +96% at its pre-market high, +24% at the open, +1% at the close. VEEA was the strongest close at +47%.

TickerOpenHighLowCloseDay
VIVK+75%+107%−9%−5%
VEEA+43%+83%+37%+47%
OFAL+17%+81%+12%+34%
MI+24%+42%−9%+1%
ESLA−16%+6%−26%−2%

All moves are against the previous day's close. The bar runs from the day's low to its high, and the tick is the close.

The MI give-backMI reached +96% before the open on $29.0M of trading, 38.3 times its float, and closed the day +1%.

SuperAlerts at the close

2 names met the SuperAlerts screen at the close.

OFAL

Float 2.93M · day +15% · range 62% · AI Score 8 · Hong Kong
Other

WFF

Float 38.48M · day +491% · range 1011% · AI Score 15 · Malaysia

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