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RUBI ran +118% before the open, then closed +22%

Fri 16 Oct 2026·Daily recap

Pre-market 09:25 ET

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5 names cleared the screen at 09:25. TGL had the biggest gap at +75% on a 1.82M float. The most money went through TCRT: $36.5M before the open, 5.3 times its float.

TickerGap 09:25PM highFloatPM $RotationCountry
TGL+75%+99%1.82M$5.1M535%USA
RUBI+56%+118%2.69M$13.1M848%Greece
XLAB+31%+38%14.27M$32.3M133%USA
TCRT+28%+46%2.33M$36.5M533%USA
NCPL+28%+38%4.38M$27.9M251%USA

Why they moved

  • TGL: Treasure Global posted higher fourth-quarter sales and a narrower loss, after signing a memorandum to distribute medical and pharmaceutical products in Malaysia.
  • RUBI: Rubico pushed the deadline on a $3.7 million payment owed to TOP Ships to October 31, possibly settling it with convertible preferred shares.
  • XLAB: Exascale Labs agreed to sell twelve Nvidia GPU servers plus three years of IT operation services to Sunon for $8.2 million.
  • TCRT: Alaunos Therapeutics is acquiring Velaris Therapeutics and raised $350 million to fund pulmonary arterial hypertension programs through 2029.
  • NCPL: Netcapital said it has met Nasdaq's minimum bid price rule again, though it also faces a class action and SEC revenue allegations.

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
TGL$0.5956$0.5243$0.4617$0.3
RUBI$0.7001$0.5017$0.3943$0.321
XLAB$1.87$1.78$1.37$1.36
TCRT$3.19$2.79$2.64$2.18
NCPL$2.74$2.53$2.17$1.98

How they traded 09:30–16:00

5 of 5 closed above the previous day's close, and 1 closed at or above their 09:25 gap. The biggest give-back was RUBI: +118% at its pre-market high, +28% at the open, +22% at the close. XLAB was the strongest close at +73%.

TickerOpenHighLowCloseDay
TGL+6%+17%−8%+3%
RUBI+28%+43%−7%+22%
XLAB+36%+182%+29%+73%
TCRT+29%+37%+6%+21%
NCPL+21%+25%+2%+10%

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 RUBI give-backRUBI reached +118% before the open on $13.1M of trading, 8.5 times its float, and closed the day +22%.

SuperAlerts at the close

No names met the SuperAlerts screen at the close.

Still inside their five sessions: CLWT (12 Oct) best +7.6%, worst −15.3%; LNKS (12 Oct) best +0.0%, worst −42.5%; MNDR (12 Oct) best +5.0%, worst −55.0%; WBUY (12 Oct) best +1.0%, worst −29.4%; JBDI (13 Oct) best +71.0%, worst −11.1%; TCRT (13 Oct) best +7.0%, worst −53.9%; AMTD (14 Oct) best +19.2%, worst −12.5%.

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