(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday as it booked its fifth straight gain in same-store U.S. sales, sending its shares more than 2 percent higher in premarket trading. Net profit attributable to Wal-Mart fell to $3.304 billion, or $1.03 per share, in the third quarter ended on Oct 31 from $3.711 billion, or $1.15 per share, a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected 98 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. (Reporting by Nathan Layne; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)Wal-Mart Stores Inc...
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