LION halted on Oct 20 2026 at $11.95
LION+12.5%on Tue Oct 20 2026
Lionsgate Studios Corp. was up 12.5% on the day at $11.95, ranked #1 on 121× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this trading halt at 12:40 ET during regular hours when it was halted. TapeRank recorded 2 events for LION that day, between 12:40 and 12:45 ET, and each is in the timeline below.
THE DAY ON THE LIST · 2 EVENTS
- 12:40 ETHALT · REGULAR
HALTED AT $11.95 · ▲ 12.5% ON THE DAY · 121× 5M RVOL · RANK #1
UNEXPLAINEDNO FILINGS · RULELION is up 12.5% on the day on 120x its normal volume for this time of day, and trading is halted under code M. No filings or headlines were found in SEC EDGAR filings and Benzinga wire headlines in the last 24 hours, so this is order flow rather than a disclosed catalyst.
WHYNo filings or headlines within 24 hours of the move.ANALYZED 12:40 ET · <1 MIN AGO · RULE, NO MODELTHE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 12:40 ET
LAST11.95DAY▲ 12.5%5 MIN▲ 11.94%5M RVOL121×5M $VOL$12.9MFLOAT*297.5MRANK#1SESSIONREGULARVWAP11.14HOD11.95LOD10.45OR HIGH10.74OR LOW10.63PREV CLOSE10.62PM HIGH10.45PM LOW10.45GAP▲ 0.19%* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
- 12:45 ETUNEXPLAINED MOVE · REGULAR
$12.39 · ▲ 16.7% ON THE DAY · 25.2× 5M RVOL · RANK #1
JUSTIFIEDCONFIDENCE4/5Lionsgate is up 15.3% after a reported takeover offer from Legendary revived acquisition talks. A takeover bid is a concrete, price-sensitive catalyst that plausibly explains the sharp move and extreme volume, despite the late pullback.
WHYA reported takeover offer is material enough to support a 15.3% gain, while the 4.0% five-minute decline reflects active repricing rather than negating the catalyst.ANALYZED 12:45 ET · <1 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNATHE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 12:45 ET
LAST12.39DAY▲ 16.7%5 MIN▼ 2.82%5M RVOL25.2×5M $VOL$3.3MFLOAT*297.5MRANK#1SESSIONREGULARVWAP11.28HOD12.88LOD10.45OR HIGH10.74OR LOW10.63PREV CLOSE10.62PM HIGH10.45PM LOW10.45GAP▲ 0.19%* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
THE SESSION
- 09:30 ETOpened at $10.64, +0.2% on the previous close of $10.62
- 09:36 ETRegular-session low, $10.60
- 12:39 ETHalted (M); resumed 12:44 ET, after 5 minutes
- 12:44 ETRegular-session high, $12.88
- 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $12.16, +14.6% on the previous close of $10.62
- Volume: 13.7M shares in regular hours, 200 before the open
Lionsgate opened at $10.64, briefly dipped to $10.60, then climbed through the morning before halting at 12:39 ET at $11.95. It resumed five minutes later and reached $12.88 by 12:44 ET, with TapeRank recording the stock at $12.39 shortly afterward and reading the move as unexplained because no filings or headlines appeared within 24 hours. The stock pulled back from its midday high and finished the regular session at $12.16, up 14.6% from the previous close, on 13.7 million regular-hours shares.
WRITTEN TUE OCT 20 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.
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