After Hours Trading Report
The After Hours Trading report lists the stocks moving after the 4:00 PM ET close: the 50 most active by after-hours volume, and the biggest gainers and decliners measured from today's closing price. It follows the after-hours session from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET.
What is the After Hours Trading report?
US stocks can keep trading after the regular session closes at 4:00 PM Eastern time. Stocks that move then are often reacting to news released after the close, such as quarterly earnings or other company announcements. The After Hours Trading report shows which stocks are moving and which are trading the most shares after the closing bell, in three lists: Most Active, Gainers and Decliners.
How we build the report
- The after-hours session. Our reports treat 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Eastern time as the after-hours session, or 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on days the market closes early.
- Price and change. The price is the latest after-hours price we have. The change is measured from today's closing price: the official close once it is published, before that the closing auction price or the last regular-session trade.
- Volume. Shares traded in the after-hours session only, including trades reported away from the exchanges.
- A minimum size. Gainers and Decliners need a move of at least 1% and enough after-hours volume for the stock's price. The table below has the rules.
- News and earnings. The Alerts column shows N when a stock has a press release or news headline since 10:00 AM that day, and E when it reports earnings after today's close or before tomorrow's open. Hover over the letter for the details.
- A new day. The report switches to the current day about an hour before the close. Until then it shows the previous trading day's after-hours session as of 8:00 PM; after 8:00 PM it keeps that evening's session until the next trading day.
Market cap uses the last regular-session price, not the after-hours price. The lists show trading activity, not buy or sell signals.
What you can find out
Which stocks are moving after hours today?
Gainers and Decliners rank stocks by their percentage move from today's close, biggest first. Each one has moved at least 1% on enough after-hours volume to count. See today's after-hours movers
Which stocks are reacting to earnings after the close?
Look for E in the Alerts column: the company reports after today's close or before tomorrow's open. Premium members can filter the lists to stocks with earnings or news. See who reports today
Which stocks are trading the most shares after the close?
Most Active lists the 50 stocks with the most after-hours volume, whether their price is up or down. See the most active stocks
How far has a stock moved since today's close?
The Chg and % Chg columns measure the after-hours move from today's closing price, not from yesterday's, so they show only what happened after the closing bell. Open the report
Where do I follow these stocks the next morning?
The Premarket Trading report takes over from 6:00 AM ET the next trading day. It measures moves from the previous close, so a stock's premarket change includes what it did after hours. How the premarket report works
Where to find it
Menu: Stocks › Non-Regular Hours › After Hours Trading, or go straight to /Reports/AfterHoursTrading.
The three lists are free. Members of any Premium plan can also filter them by watchlist, ETF, sector, industry, market cap, volume, news or earnings, and price against the day's high and low or the 52-week range.
How each list is picked
| List | Ranked by | To be included |
|---|---|---|
| Most Active | After-hours volume, top 50 | More than 500 shares traded, with an after-hours price and a closing price |
| Gainers | % change from today's close, biggest gain first | Up 1% or more, and one of: price $5 or more with 15,000+ shares; price $50 or more with 5,000+ shares; price $1 or more with 500,000+ shares and a gain of at least $1 |
| Decliners | % change from today's close, biggest drop first | Down 1% or more, with the same price and volume tests |
FAQ
- What are after-hours trading hours?
- Our reports treat 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Eastern time as the after-hours session, or 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on days the market closes early.
- Is the after-hours change measured from today's close or yesterday's?
- From today's close: the official closing price once it is published, and before that the closing auction price or the last regular-session trade.
- Can I see an earlier day's after-hours movers?
- No. The report shows the latest after-hours session only.
- Is the After Hours report free?
- Yes, the three lists are free. Members of any Premium plan can also filter them by watchlist, ETF, sector, industry, market cap, volume, news or earnings, and price against the day's high and low or the 52-week range.
- Do after-hours moves carry into the next day?
- Not necessarily. The report shows what has traded, not a forecast or a buy or sell signal; the next morning's Premarket Trading report picks up from there.
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