Stock Market 22 May 2026

Lichen International Stock Trades Higher Ahead of Nasdaq Open

Lichen International Stock Trades Higher Ahead of Nasdaq Open

Lichen International Limited shares were up in early U.S. trading after a choppy Tuesday session. The small Nasdaq-listed China financial-services stock continued a strong move, though there was little new company news out to explain the demand. The stock traded at $1.52, up 14 cents, or about 10% over the last close, according to market data. Shares opened Tuesday at $1.32 and swung from $1.26 to $1.71, Yahoo Finance data showed. Volume was around 543,580 shares.
June 3, 2026
ABTS Stock Still Trading Under $1, But Traders Are Watching This Small Bitcoin Miner

ABTS Stock Still Trading Under $1, But Traders Are Watching This Small Bitcoin Miner

Abits Group Inc moved up a bit Friday, though the bitcoin miner stayed under $1 on Nasdaq and hovered close to its 52-week low. The stock’s drop leaves talk focused on listing risk, thin liquidity, and the company’s new annual numbers. ABTS was at $0.8602, up 0.93%, as of 2:37 p.m. EDT, according to Investing.com. Shares traded between $0.8550 and $0.9050 today. Over the past 52 weeks, the stock has ranged from $0.8151 to $10.8554.
May 22, 2026
UTime Gains on $50 Million Raise; Warrants Still Loom

UTime Gains on $50 Million Raise; Warrants Still Loom

UTime Limited jumped Friday after a filing said the Shenzhen firm closed a private placement of about $50 million. The new capital may boost working funds but also leaves the company with a hefty warrant overhang. Shares on the Nasdaq last changed hands near $1.07, up about 16% from the prior close at $0.9198, after swinging between $0.9001 and $1.20 earlier, according to market data. The Nasdaq Composite added roughly 0.4% in mid-afternoon trading.
May 22, 2026
LOKV Holds at $10.53 as Teamshares Deal Deadline Nears

LOKV Holds at $10.53 as Teamshares Deal Deadline Nears

Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V traded near $10.53 Friday, holding close to its cash value as investors looked for any update on the Teamshares merger. Volume came in light at about 1,000 shares, much less than the usual 120,000. Shares stayed under their 52-week peak of $11.67. Why it matters now: The Teamshares deal is still front and center for Live Oak, pushing its own numbers into the background. Live Oak and Teamshares have pushed the merger’s outside date out to July 15 from May 31, saying the extension is to finish closing conditions.
May 22, 2026
X-Energy Shares Hit Wall Street After IPO With Focus On Nuclear Potential

X-Energy Shares Hit Wall Street After IPO With Focus On Nuclear Potential

X-Energy shares held steady around $29 on Friday. The advanced nuclear developer picked June 4 for its first results update since going public, setting up an early look for investors who see the stock as a quick-listed AI power play. X-Energy started trading on Nasdaq in late April, coming to market with an upsized IPO that sold 44.3 million shares at $23 apiece. The raise totaled $1.02 billion. The deal drew attention because Amazon is both an investor and set to be a future nuclear power customer.
May 22, 2026
Why Versus Systems Stock Is Hovering Near $1 Before a Nasdaq Deadline

Why Versus Systems Stock Is Hovering Near $1 Before a Nasdaq Deadline

Versus Systems Inc. shares hovered near $1 in thin Friday trading, keeping attention on a small Nasdaq-listed software company whose next catalyst may be a compliance filing rather than a product launch. Google Finance showed VS at $1.09 at 11:43 a.m. EDT, with only 6,560 shares traded versus an average of about 174,000 and a market capitalization of roughly $5.3 million. The timing matters. Friday is a regular U.S. equity session before the Memorial Day break; Nasdaq’s 2026 holiday calendar lists Monday, May 25, as a market closure, leaving traders a short window before next week.
May 22, 2026
BEEM Stock Slides Close to 52-Week Low, Backlog Stands at $9 Million

BEEM Stock Slides Close to 52-Week Low, Backlog Stands at $9 Million

Beam Global stock slipped in midday U.S. trading Friday, staying near its 12-month low. Investors looked at a soft first quarter, while management said orders are now starting to turn into sales. BEEM shares traded near $1.42 after ending Thursday at $1.44. Trading data from Robinhood showed the stock moving in a $1.39 to $1.49 band Friday. Market cap sat at roughly $31.5 million and volume stayed less than normal.
May 22, 2026
Grande Group Spikes; IPO Price Weighs on Nasdaq Minicaps

Grande Group Spikes; IPO Price Weighs on Nasdaq Minicaps

Grande Group Limited moved up to $1.05 on Friday, but volume stayed thin, with only 3,440 shares trading versus its usual 21,210. The company, based in Hong Kong, has a market cap of $26.15 million. GRAN is a micro-cap, and the light volume can lead to outsized swings. Grande shares are still stuck below the $5 IPO price set in July 2025, so the latest move matters for the company. Grande first went public that month. The company reported gross proceeds of about $10.78 million from the offering, before fees and expenses, after the underwriter picked up extra shares.
May 22, 2026
GTEC Trades Higher Even as $1 Rule Stays in Focus

GTEC Trades Higher Even as $1 Rule Stays in Focus

Greenland Technologies Holding Corp. picked up roughly 2.5% Friday afternoon, last trading at $0.58, still short of the $1 threshold Nasdaq says it needs to hit. The investor website listed GTEC at $0.58, up 2.48%, at 1:02 p.m. EDT. Stocks moved even without a clear new company event in the last two days, as U.S. markets traded normally Friday before closing for Memorial Day on Monday, May 25. Nasdaq’s 2026 schedule has Memorial Day marked as a day off.
May 22, 2026
Mechanics Bancorp Down After $0.70 Dividend Becomes Effective

Mechanics Bancorp Down After $0.70 Dividend Becomes Effective

Mechanics Bancorp shares slid Friday after the stock went ex-dividend for a $0.70 cash payout. The move lines up with a typical dividend adjustment, rather than signalling any new warning from the company. Class A shares last traded at $14.30, down 4.41%. StockAnalysis listed May 22 as the ex-dividend date. Ex-dividend day matters now because that’s when new buyers lose the right to the most recent payout, and stocks usually drop at the open by about the dividend value. Mechanics said earlier this month it plans to pay $0.70 a share for Class A and $7.00 for Class B on May 28. The record date is May 23 after the close.
May 22, 2026
Boxlight Stock Moves as BOXL Catches Attention Ahead of Nasdaq Cutoff

Boxlight Stock Moves as BOXL Catches Attention Ahead of Nasdaq Cutoff

Boxlight Corp shares were higher midday Friday, with BOXL trading around $0.83 in a slow session. The stock had finished at $0.792 on Thursday and showed an intraday spread from about $0.80 to $0.85. The microcap education-tech name moved up ahead of a Nasdaq compliance deadline set for early next month and going into the Memorial Day weekend. Trading volume was light, as is often the case with microcaps. Boxlight shares are trading under $1 now, with investors watching its balance sheet, risk of losing its exchange listing, and results from a recent earnings report that raised questions beneath the headline revenue line. U.S. markets were open for a regular session Friday. Nasdaq will close markets for the full Memorial
May 22, 2026
KNDI Shares Stay Below $1 as Nasdaq Deadline Looms

KNDI Shares Stay Below $1 as Nasdaq Deadline Looms

Kandi Technologies Group Inc. traded at about 72 cents Friday, staying under the $1 mark that has become the focus for the China-based EV and off-road vehicle company. MarketBeat had KNDI at $0.72, off 0.3%, at 11:06 a.m. Eastern. Kandi’s still facing the Nasdaq clock. In its May 8 filing, the company said it had been notified by Nasdaq that KNDI dropped below the exchange’s $1 minimum bid requirement. That rule says a stock’s closing bid, or what buyers are offering, needs to stay at $1 or more.
May 22, 2026
GridAI Drops After Debt Agreement as Traders Watch Warrants

GridAI Drops After Debt Agreement as Traders Watch Warrants

GridAI Technologies Corp. slid 7.8% to $4.25 by late morning Friday, setting a new session low. Traders are weighing a new debt settlement and the possibility of more shares, adding pressure to the Nasdaq stock. GridAI opened at $4.47. Volume was 49,530 at 11:00 a.m. EDT, market cap stood at $26.35 million, according to Google Finance. GridAI is working to clean up its balance sheet. The company said in a May 20 Form 8-K that it settled a default on its revolving loan with an $800,000 payment—$700,000 for principal, $100,000 in accrued interest. It’s also giving the lender 71,482 common shares at $3.25 each to cover another $232,315 in interest. The lender had sought $1.014 million after the loan matured
May 22, 2026
Larimar Shares Fall, FDA Submission Seen as Next Hurdle

Larimar Shares Fall, FDA Submission Seen as Next Hurdle

Larimar Therapeutics stock moved lower in late-morning trading Friday as investors watched for a June regulatory update on its top Friedreich’s ataxia treatment. LRMR was down 3.36% to $3.45 at 11:02 a.m. EDT while the market was still open, according to StockAnalysis data. Larimar is aiming to kick off a rolling Biologics License Application for nomlabofusp in June. A BLA is the FDA’s main filing for companies looking to bring a biologic drug to the U.S. market. Accelerated approval means the application could get cleared using a surrogate marker rather than waiting for full results.
May 22, 2026
LiveOne Stock Jumps Again as Traders Chase the Cash Story Before Memorial Day

LiveOne Stock Jumps Again as Traders Chase the Cash Story Before Memorial Day

LiveOne Inc. shares rose again on Friday, putting the small-cap audio and entertainment company on track for a weekly gain of nearly 28% as investors continued to trade around its recent cash and restructuring updates. The Nasdaq-listed stock was last quoted at $6.753, up 4.54%, after touching $6.86. It closed at $5.28 last Friday and has traded in heavy bursts this week, including a 17.8% jump on Monday and a 2.2% gain on Thursday, according to market data.
May 22, 2026
BBOT Dips Close to Lows With One Cancer Drug Update Steering Trade

BBOT Dips Close to Lows With One Cancer Drug Update Steering Trade

• BBOT was near $8.90 in early Nasdaq trading, down from Thursday’s close, and volume was thin.• U.S. equities were open on Friday; markets are shut Monday for Memorial Day.• Investors are waiting for new clinical data, expected in the second half of 2026. BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics shares slipped early Friday, pausing after a recent bounce as traders waited for later-stage cancer drug results set for this year. BBOT last traded near $8.90, in a session range of $8.85 to $9.25. The Nasdaq Composite was up roughly 0.4%.
May 22, 2026
Baker Hughes’ $13.6 Billion Chart Deal Gets EU Timing Shift—Why BKR Shares Moved

Baker Hughes’ $13.6 Billion Chart Deal Gets EU Timing Shift—Why BKR Shares Moved

Baker Hughes stock fell early Friday in the U.S. after Reuters said the EU’s antitrust watchdog will rule by June 26 on the group’s planned $13.6 billion buyout of Chart Industries. BKR traded at $65.41 on Nasdaq, down 0.59% as of 9:55 a.m. EDT, Google Finance showed. The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite were all up at that point, so BKR lagged the broad market early.
May 22, 2026
Xenetic Biosciences Shares Edge Down Ahead of ASCO Update

Xenetic Biosciences Shares Edge Down Ahead of ASCO Update

Xenetic Biosciences slipped 4 cents to $2.90 early Friday, with just 144 shares changing hands. Investors mostly ignored the latest quarterly numbers, focusing instead on the company’s upcoming ASCO event. Market cap stood near $6.6 million as the session got started. Low volume can swing micro-cap biotech stocks like this. Just a few trades move the price, and the market sits tight for specific events: new data, clinical trial news, a financing, or word on a strategic review. Since Xenetic’s May 13 first-quarter update, the company's site hasn’t posted anything new. The filings page still shows a May 14 Schedule 13G/A, a May 13 8-K, and a May 12 10-Q as the latest updates.
May 22, 2026
DCOY Sets May 22 Vote, Puts Focus Back on Thinly Traded Stock

DCOY Sets May 22 Vote, Puts Focus Back on Thinly Traded Stock

Decoy Therapeutics Inc. was active ahead of Friday’s open with the company hitting the record date for its 2026 annual meeting. The governance step comes with DCOY shares coming off a choppy week. Decoy, based in Houston, said shareholders on record as of May 22 can vote at its annual meeting on July 14. The record date sets which shareholders can vote. Decoy said in a filing that proposals and director nominations must be in by the close of business May 29.
May 22, 2026
Fusion Fuel Stock Jumps After Spain Hydrogen Deal — What HTOO Investors Are Watching Now

Fusion Fuel Stock Jumps After Spain Hydrogen Deal — What HTOO Investors Are Watching Now

Fusion Fuel Green PLC shares were back in focus before Friday’s Nasdaq open after the company said its BrightHy Solutions unit would provide installation, supply, engineering and operating services for a two-megawatt green hydrogen plant at a Çimsa Cementos operation in Spain. Market data from TradingView showed HTOO at $3.16, up 10.7% over 24 hours, with a market value of about $9.54 million. That is small. It also means a single “multi-million-dollar” project can carry more weight for the stock than it would at a larger industrial group. TradingView data also showed HTOO down 72.3% over the past year.
May 22, 2026
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