GameStop stock extends bounce off 2-month low, set to snap 5-day losing streak

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Shares of GameStop Corp. GME, -0.48% jumped 3.4% in premarket trading Friday, to extend a bounce that started late in the previous session, and them on track to snap a five-day losing streak. On Thursday, the videogame and consumer electronics retailer's stock was down as much as 5.7% at a two-month low in afternoon trading, before recovering to close down just 0.5%. Still, the stock had shed 12.8% over the past five trading days, and has tumbled 22.1% as it has declined in nine of the past 10 sessions. The stock's bounce comes after AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.'s AMC, +7.69% fellow meme stock reversed an intraday loss of as much as 3.9% on Thursday to close up 7.7%, and to snap a four-day losing streak in which it tumbled 30.3%. AMC shares were up 3.7% ahead of Friday's open. Over the past three months, GameStop's stock has gained 7.8% while AMC shares have rocketed 285.9%. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.33% has tacked on 4.2% the past three months.

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