PYXS down 22.7% on Sep 9 2026 with no filing that explains it
PYXS-22.7%on Wed Sep 9 2026
Pyxis Oncology, Inc. Common Stock was down 22.7% on the day at $3.01, ranked #21 on 28.5× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this unexplained move at 07:23 ET during the pre-market session.
THE DAY ON THE LIST · 1 EVENT
- 07:23 ETUNEXPLAINED MOVE · PRE-MARKET
$3.01 · ▼ 22.7% ON THE DAY · 28.5× 5M RVOL · RANK #21
UNEXPLAINEDCONFIDENCE3/5Pyxis Oncology is down 22.4% pre-market on a routine 8-K confirming the interim CEO's appointment to permanent CEO, a leadership continuity update with no new clinical, financial, or strategic disclosure. This kind of announcement does not carry the weight to explain a move of this size, leaving order flow as the more plausible driver.
WHYA 22.4% drop against a CEO confirmation with no new data or guidance is a large move on a small, largely symbolic piece of news.ANALYZED 07:22 ET · <1 MIN AGO · ANTHROPIC/CLAUDE-SONNET-5THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 07:23 ET
LAST3.01DAY▼ 22.7%5 MIN▼ 4.51%5M RVOL28.5×5M $VOL$53KFLOAT*83.4MRANK#21SESSIONPRE-MARKETVWAP3.59HOD4.50LOD2.80OR HIGH—OR LOW—PREV CLOSE3.89PM HIGH4.50PM LOW2.80GAP▲ 2.83%* 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 $3.48, -10.5% on the previous close of $3.89
- 09:30 ETRegular-session low, $3.13
- 09:49 ETRegular-session high, $4.12
- 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $3.37, -13.4% on the previous close of $3.89
- Volume: 3.7M shares in regular hours, 577K before the open
PYXS opened the session at $3.48, down 10.5% from the prior close, after TapeRank flagged the stock pre-market at $3.01 as an unexplained move; TapeRank's read tied the only news available, a routine 8-K confirming the interim CEO's permanent appointment, to the decline but judged that filing too minor to account for a drop of that size, leaving the move unexplained. From there shares fell to a low of $3.13 before rebounding to a high of $4.12 at 09:49 ET, then faded through the day to close the regular session at $3.37, down 13.4% on the day, with no halts recorded.
WRITTEN THU OCT 15 2026 17:44 ET BY ANTHROPIC/CLAUDE-SONNET-5 FROM THE FACTS ON THIS PAGE
FILINGS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE
No SEC filings in the 24 hours before this was recorded. A move on an unfiled press release shows nothing here, which is what UNEXPLAINED means.
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