UNEXPLAINED MOVE · THU OCT 29 2026

Why HLN fell 16.4% on Oct 29 2026: weak outlook commentary

HLN-16.4%on Thu Oct 29 2026

Haleon plc American Depositary Shares (Each representing two Ordinary Shares) was down 16.4% on the day at $8.36, ranked #7 on 71.0× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this unexplained move at 06:25 ET during the pre-market session.

THE DAY ON THE LIST · 1 EVENT

  1. 06:25 ET
    UNEXPLAINED MOVE · PRE-MARKET

    $8.36 · ▼ 16.4% ON THE DAY · 71.0× 5M RVOL · RANK #7

    STRETCHEDCONFIDENCE4/5

    HLN is down 16.4% in pre-market trading to $8.36. The cited conference-call comments describe weak international cold-and-flu trends, a China Centrum OTC problem, and consumer value-seeking, but do not quantify a shock large enough to clearly support this magnitude of decline.

    WHYA 16.4% drop is large relative to the qualitative, partly expected commentary and absence of a quantified earnings warning.
    ANALYZED 06:25 ET · <1 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA
    THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 06:25 ET
    LAST8.36
    DAY▼ 16.4%
    5 MIN▼ 0.36%
    5M RVOL71.0×
    5M $VOL$1.5M
    FLOAT*4.4B
    RANK#7
    SESSIONPRE-MARKET
    VWAP8.63
    HOD9.31
    LOD8.35
    OR HIGH—
    OR LOW—
    PREV CLOSE10.00
    PM HIGH9.31
    PM LOW8.35
    GAP▼ 16.40% (indicated)

    * FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE

    — MEANS THE LEVEL DID NOT EXIST YET AT THAT INSTANT, NOT ZERO

THE SESSION

  • 09:30 ETOpened at $8.55, -14.5% on the previous close of $10.00
  • 09:35 ETRegular-session high, $8.75
  • 11:56 ETRegular-session low, $8.38
  • 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $8.54, -14.6% on the previous close of $10.00
  • Volume: 53.0M shares in regular hours, 2.6M before the open

HLN opened at $8.55 after a sharp pre-market decline that TapeRank read as stretched and tied to weak outlook commentary, including soft international cold-and-flu trends, a China Centrum OTC problem, and consumers seeking lower-priced products. The shares briefly reached $8.75, then fell to $8.38 before recovering to finish the regular session at $8.54, still below the previous close of $10.00. TapeRank found no filing or news in the prior 24 hours and recorded no trading halts.

WRITTEN THU OCT 29 2026 16:00 ET BY OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA FROM THE FACTS ON THIS PAGE

FILINGS AND NEWS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE

No SEC filings or wire news in the 24 hours before this was recorded. A move on news that never reached the wire shows nothing here, which is what UNEXPLAINED means.

On the tape right now

WHERE THE LIST STOODWED NOV 4 2026 · 13:49 ETRECORDED LIVE · 742 QUALIFY

01
ECGSURGING 0:05
79.71
▼ 29.3%
▼ 1.41%
41.0×
FAD
$6.2M
51.1M*
STRETCHED
02
CAVASURGING 0:00
64.78
▲ 7.4%
▲ 1.30%
9.3×
ORBHODVWH
$11.6M
116.8M*
UNEXPLAINED
03
URGNSURGING 0:00
29.16
▼ 15.2%
▼ 1.29%
15.6×
FAD
$1.4M
48.9M*
JUSTIFIED
04
MPTISURGING 0:00
64.15
▼ 1.5%
▲ 0.96%
23.8×
VWH
$637K
4.3M*
UNEXPLAINED
05
LSPDSURGING 0:00
11.52
▲ 4.9%
▼ 1.24%
16.5×
ORB
$426K
133.3M*
UNEXPLAINED
06
CRCTSURGING 0:00
8.90
▲ 49.2%
▼ 0.72%
15.1×
GAPORBVWHEXT
$395K
54.7M*
STRETCHED
07
BROSSURGING 0:00
43.97
▲ 0.9%
▼ 0.91%
4.0×
FAD
$4.3M
137.9M*
UNEXPLAINED
08
LMRICOOLING 1:35
12.85
▲ 14.5%
▲ 1.06%
132×
ORBHODVWH
$1.7M
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UNEXPLAINED
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