Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) is trading 6% higher at $140.42 today. The company reported a better than expected earnings report today, although some feel they set expectations low to help do just that. The monolithic retailer is looked upon by many as a signal for the greater economy's health.

Wal-Mart Stores has been trading between a 52-week high of $159.49 and a 52-week low of $116.76. The stock has a market cap of $385 Billion.

Walmart Inc. helps people around the world save money and live better - anytime and anywhere - in retail stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, over 265 million customers and members visit approximately 11,400 stores under 55 banners in 26 countries and eCommerce websites.

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As you can imagine, the internet had a few things to say about the price move. Here's a few choice comments from the Reddit Traderverse™:

Adept-Ad4847 - 19 upvotes - source
BBBY AND WMT if u do anything else u get zero pu$$y legit so let’s run it up

ItsDijital - 12 upvotes - source
If WMT and HD have good earning tomorrow, the recession is officially canceled.

DUNDER_KILL - 12 upvotes - source
Are my $140 WMT degenerate calls really about to print??

Low_Ad_2846 - 11 upvotes - source
Pretty sure WMT is going to tank the economy again

Tristan-Odom - 11 upvotes - source
WMT calls booming tomorrow?

BigC_Gang - 11 upvotes - source
So WMT guiding down a few weeks ago was just a prank? I didn’t know a company could just do that

aborack6 - 11 upvotes - source
WMT gonna come and tank the market

monaarts - 10 upvotes - source
WMT earnings are going to move the market up or down more than CPI did. 😜

crumbaker - 10 upvotes - source
Irrational market strikes again. Yeah WMT beat absolute shit expectations, but it still performed like shit, guidance is still shit, just slightly less shit. Like putting cheese on your shit sandwich. Still a shit sandwich.

Zurkarak - 10 upvotes - source
So WMT did good