GameStop Swings After 13% Spike on Roaring Kitty Posts, Then Turns Lower
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 11
GameStop Swings After 13% Spike on Roaring Kitty Posts, Then Turns Lower
8 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 11
GameStop shares whipsawed in postmarket trading Monday, jumping as much as 13% before reversing to trade lower.
Keith Gill — the influencer known as Roaring Kitty — briefly posted cryptic images on social media, including a cat and Pepe the Frog in his red bandanna, then deleted them.
The posts disappeared around 5:40 p.m. in New York, less than an hour after they appeared, accelerating the stock's pullback.
Gill became a central figure in the 2021 meme-stock craze, and his online activity still moves GameStop shares sharply.
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