No. 24
Market temperatureSmall Cap Market Map heatVery hot

Market breadthUp958Down1,105Flat61Gap-ups (≥1M shares) 956

No. 24Closed 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 : SAIQ, MI and PSKY

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

Rank 1SAIQWISeSat.Space Holdings Corp.

Opening gap
+285.41%
Day
+260.54%
HOD (ET)
18.3904:36 ET
Est. turnover
$512.6M
Gap-ups (≥1M shares)
956

On Monday, October 5, 2026, 956 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 SAIQ at +285.41%.

SAIQ (WISeSat.Space Holdings Corp.) opened at 7.13, +285.41% from the previous close of 1.85. Its high of day was 18.39 at 04:36 ET. It closed at 6.67, +260.54% on the day, on an estimated $512.6M of turnover. No SEC filing or news found by the close.

PTC (PTC INC.) opened at 195.84, +35.97% from the previous close of 144.03. Its high of day was 198.67 at 06:34 ET. It closed at 192.26, +33.49% on the day, on an estimated $5.7B of turnover. By the close the record held 8-K at 07:22 ET: M&A — Schneider Electric to acquire PTC, creating the next level of Energy and Industrial Intelligence.

RETO (ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc.) opened at 2.04, +31.94% from the previous close of 1.55. Its high of day was 2.48 at 07:16 ET. It closed at 1.95, +25.81% on the day, on an estimated $39.1M of turnover.

BEAT (HeartBeam, Inc.) opened at 0.75, +72.57% from the previous close of 0.4346. Its high of day was 0.95 at 09:09 ET. It closed at 0.6542, +50.53% on the day, on an estimated $300.3M of turnover.

APUS (Apimeds Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.) opened at 4.99, +54.97% from the previous close of 3.22. Its high of day was 6.99 at 08:29 ET. It closed at 4.59, +42.55% on the day, on an estimated $183.8M of turnover.

Pre-market: 8 of 10 highs of day.

Across the small caps the map tracks, 958 advanced and 1,105 declined, with an estimated $18.0B in dollar volume.

Behind it in the ranking: BEAT +72.57% (+50.53% on the day); APUS +54.97% (+42.55% on the day); PTC +35.97% (+33.49% on the day); RETO +31.94% (+25.81% on the day).

6 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 2MI+234.45%Day +683.00%

    NFT Ltd6-K

    Other. NFT Ltd filed a 6-K

    SEC EDGAR

  2. Rank 3PSKY+94.95%Day +105.79%

    Paramount Skydance Corp424B5

    Offering. Paramount Skydance Corp filed a 424B5

    SEC EDGAR

  3. Rank 5VEEA+60.66%Day +71.77%

    VEEA INC.8-K

    Contract. VEEA INC. filed an 8-K: Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Obligation

    SEC EDGAR

  4. Rank 7PCVX+54.41%Day +30.70%

    Vaxcyte, Inc.8-K

    FDA / regulatory. Vaxcyte Reports Positive Topline Data from OPUS-1, the Pivotal

    SEC EDGAR

  5. Rank 8ALEC+50.55%Day +9.94%

    Alector, Inc.8-K

    Earnings. Alector Enters Global License Agreement with Genentech for Brain Penetrant GCase Enzyme Replacement Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease and…

    SEC EDGAR

Market map & FESCI

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

Small-cap dollar volume (est.)
$18.0B

Top movers

Held or faded

3 of 10 closed at or above the open

  1. ALEC+50.55%+9.94%-27.0%
  2. PCVX+54.41%+30.70%-15.4%

Stored Top Gappers ranking

HOD timing

Pre-market: 8 of 10 highs of day

The Gapper HOD Timeline for this session loads here.

  1. Pre-market04:00–09:308 of 10
  2. First 30 minutes09:30–10:000 of 10
  3. Morning10:00–12:000 of 10
  4. Afternoon12:00–16:002 of 10
  5. After hours16:00–20:000 of 10

Learning corner

Lessons and terms behind this session

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.