Did Roaring Kitty give meme-stock traders a Christmas present? While that isn’t presently clear, GameStop (GME) fans are doing a little shopping of their own this morning. Shares of the retailer associated with Keith “Roaring Kitty” Gill,

GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) opened trading with a 6.1% swing higher on volume that was above average. The retail stock has since settled back to show a gain of just 2.9%. The post-Christmas bounce is being attributed to an X post from Roaring Kitty that was simply a picture of a wrapped present with no explanation or stock symbol attached to it.

Cryptocurrencies and stocks associated with “Roaring Kitty” rose Wednesday following the famed trader’s apparent ‘Merry Christmas’ wish. What happened: Keith Gill, better known online as Roaring Kitty,

Meme stocks like AMC and GameStop get their price spikes from strong buying interest. GameStop jumped Thursday morning after meme investor Keith Gill, a.k.a. "Roaring Kitty," posted the image of a gift on Twitter/X on Wednesday.

Shares of the popular meme stock GameStop (GME) (GME) increased on Thursday afternoon after Keith Gill, the investor popularly known as “Roaring Kitty,” shared an image of a wrapped Christmas present on X.