It is possibleIt is possible the Q4 performance may be stellar and will boost the price of stock higher, something that would be costly to buy back stock. So before the NR the brain trusts of CRH chose to have some short trader to give the stock a coup de grace and grab as many shares as possible on the cheap. They are unscrupulus operators who after they bailed out at $12 in 2017 and caused all capital to flee, now are trying to boost the value of the stock through buy backs and other dirty tricks. You hang in there, don't sell the stock yet more $hit is coming.