New York, January 8, 2026, 07:46 EST — Premarket
- SMX shares were up about 2.6% in premarket trade after a 76% jump in the prior session
- The move follows company-backed marketing pieces touting “molecular identity” embedded in cannabis and food packaging
- Traders are watching whether the stock can hold gains into the 9:30 a.m. ET open after a wide intraday swing
Shares of SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company were up 2.6% at $34.83 in Nasdaq premarket trading on Thursday, ahead of the 9:30 a.m. regular-session open, after soaring 76% to $33.96 on Wednesday. The stock ranged from $18.14 to $40.56 in the prior session as about 16.6 million shares traded, and StockAnalysis.com lists April 23 as the next earnings date.
Why it matters now: the tiny stock is again whipping around on headline traffic, not a quarterly report. In an Access Newswire advertorial on Wednesday, SMX pitched its approach to cannabis tracking by embedding an “invisible molecular identity” into packaging rather than relying on labels or QR codes.
A similar Access Newswire advertorial on Tuesday pushed the same idea for food packaging and recycled plastics, arguing the identifier stays with the material and can be read later with a scanner to pull up records. Both items were labeled “Advertorial” and listed SMX as the source.
The speed of the move is the point. A stock that can swing more than $20 in a day can just as easily give it back once the opening auction is done and real liquidity shows up.
Technicians will be watching the $34 area around Wednesday’s close and whether the stock can get back toward $40, the top of the prior day’s range. If it breaks down, the first test is psychological: whether buyers defend the $30 handle.
But the same setup cuts the other way. Premarket trading can be thin, spreads can widen fast, and sharp rallies in small-cap names often invite quick profit-taking once the bell rings; any financing headline or other dilution fear would likely hit sentiment hard.
