No. 20
Market temperatureSmall Cap Market Map heatVery hot

Market breadthUp1,179Down1,709Flat69Gap-ups (≥1M shares) 882

No. 20Closed 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 : BKYI, SSTI and SLND

2 of the top 10 had an SEC filing or a trading halt between the previous close and this session’s close.

Rank 1BKYIBIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC

Opening gap
+100.60%
Day
+85.71%
HOD (ET)
4.6610:04 ET
Est. turnover
$546.6M
Gap-ups (≥1M shares)
882

On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 882 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 BKYI at +100.60%.

BKYI (BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC) opened at 3.37, +100.60% from the previous close of 1.68. Its high of day was 4.66 at 10:04 ET. It closed at 3.12, +85.71% on the day, on an estimated $546.6M of turnover. SEC filings and news were not collected for this session.

JELD (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.) opened at 2.06, +16.38% from the previous close of 1.77. It closed at 1.99, +12.43% on the day, on an estimated $12.1M of turnover.

SLXN (Silexion Therapeutics Corp) opened at 0.3187, +28.30% from the previous close of 0.2484. Its high of day was 0.5099 at 07:18 ET. It closed at 0.3184, +28.18% on the day, on an estimated $99.0M of turnover.

MSGY (Masonglory Ltd) opened at 3.94, +25.88% from the previous close of 3.13. Its high of day was 6.00 at 17:46 ET. It closed at 4.44, +41.85% on the day, on an estimated $132.1M of turnover.

NCPL (Netcapital Inc.) opened at 1.34, +24.07% from the previous close of 1.08. Its high of day was 1.86 at 09:47 ET. It closed at 1.22, +12.96% on the day, on an estimated $55.6M of turnover.

Pre-market: 6 of 9 highs of day.

Across the small caps the map tracks, 1,179 advanced and 1,709 declined, with an estimated $18.5B in dollar volume.

Behind it in the ranking: SLXN +28.30% (+28.18% on the day); MSGY +25.88% (+41.85% on the day); NCPL +24.07% (+12.96% on the day); JELD +16.38% (+12.43% on the day).

2 of the top 10 had an SEC filing or a trading halt between the previous close and this session’s close.

Continued in Why they moved

Stocks in focus

  1. Rank 2SSTI+51.74%Day +50.09%

    SOUNDTHINKING, INC.

    High of day 8.50 at 07:35 ET; estimated turnover $42.4M.

  2. Rank 3SLND+44.26%Day +13.11%

    Southland Holdings, Inc.

    High of day 1.05 at 07:50 ET; estimated turnover $226.8M.

  3. Rank 4SANG+37.88%Day +37.33%

    Sangoma Technologies Corp

    High of day 5.16 at 04:01 ET; estimated turnover $20.1M.

  4. Rank 8SMMT+22.16%Day +5.88%

    Summit Therapeutics Inc.8-K

    Form 8-K filed with the SEC

    SEC EDGAR

  5. Rank 9YMT+22.03%Day +1.13%

    Yimutian Inc.6-K

    REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

    SEC EDGAR

Stored Top Gappers ranking and HOD archive

Learning corner

Lessons and terms behind this session

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

Held or faded

1 of 10 closed at or above the open

Stored Top Gappers ranking

HOD timing

Pre-market: 6 of 9 highs of day

The Gapper HOD Timeline for this session loads here.

  1. Pre-market04:00–09:306 of 9
  2. First 30 minutes09:30–10:001 of 9
  3. Morning10:00–12:001 of 9
  4. Afternoon12:00–16:000 of 9
  5. After hours16:00–20:001 of 9

Editor’s note

Tuesday brought a 100% gap in an identity-security microcap, a take-private with a contingent payment, and a $2 billion strategic investment in a large-cap biotech. Most of the list faded: 9 of the top 10 closed below…

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.