No. 12
Market temperatureSmall Cap Market Map heatVery hot

Market breadthUp1,761Down1,089Flat89Gap-ups (≥1M shares) 1,576

No. 12Closed 16:00 ETRanking stored Inside: Top movers A2 Why they moved A3 HOD timing A4 Market map & FESCI A5 Articles A6

Sections of this recap

Lead · largest opening gap

Top gappers on : AEMD, DAIC and TURB

Rank 1AEMDAETHLON MEDICAL INC

Opening gap
+493.01%
Day
+374.13%
HOD (ET)
14.0006:43 ET
Est. turnover
$661.3M
Gap-ups (≥1M shares)
1,576

On Thursday, September 17, 2026, 1,576 US-listed common stocks and common-stock ADRs opened above their previous close with at least 1M shares of daily volume. The largest opening gap was AEMD at +493.01%.

AEMD (AETHLON MEDICAL INC) opened at 8.48, +493.01% from the previous close of 1.43. Its high of day was 14.00 at 06:43 ET. It closed at 6.78, +374.13% on the day, on an estimated $661.3M of turnover. SEC filings and news were not collected for this session.

Pre-market: 4 of 10 highs of day.

Across the small caps the map tracks, 1,761 advanced and 1,089 declined, with an estimated $18.5B in dollar volume.

Behind it in the ranking: DAIC +104.98% (+163.68% on the day); TURB +73.48% (+49.97% on the day); LSTA +70.07% (+18.37% on the day); DTSS +64.04% (+106.36% on the day); SDST +62.91% (+57.64% on the day); KXIN +49.56% (+54.87% on the day).

SEC filings and news were not collected for this session.

Continued in Why they moved

Stocks in focus

  1. Rank 2DAIC+104.98%Day +163.68%

    CID Holdco, Inc.

    High of day 7.15 at 09:51 ET; estimated turnover $561.8M.

  2. Rank 3TURB+73.48%Day +49.97%

    Turbo Energy, S.A.

    High of day 3.96 at 08:33 ET; estimated turnover $138.1M.

  3. Rank 4LSTA+70.07%Day +18.37%

    LISATA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

    High of day 2.56 at 09:55 ET; estimated turnover $5.3M.

  4. Rank 5DTSS+64.04%Day +106.36%

    Datasea Intelligent Technology Ltd.

    High of day 2.29 at 11:25 ET; estimated turnover $187.3M.

  5. Rank 6SDST+62.91%Day +57.64%

    Stardust Power Inc.

    High of day 0.4331 at 08:04 ET; estimated turnover $203.9M.

Stored Top Gappers ranking and HOD archive

Market map & FESCI

The Small Cap Market Map for this session loads here.Market Map data as of

Small-cap dollar volume (est.)
$18.5B

Top movers

HOD timing

Pre-market: 4 of 10 highs of day

The Gapper HOD Timeline for this session loads here.

  1. Pre-market04:00–09:304 of 10
  2. First 30 minutes09:30–10:003 of 10
  3. Morning10:00–12:002 of 10
  4. Afternoon12:00–16:001 of 10
  5. After hours16:00–20:000 of 10

Learning corner

Lessons and terms behind this session

Further reading

Method

Top Gappers Calendar default method: US-listed common stocks and common-stock ADRs, daily volume ≥ 1,000,000 shares, opening gap highest first

Every session in September 2026

Retrospective data built after the session from stored records, with links to the original sources. Not real-time, not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.