Pioneer, Disney and Virgin Galactic rise in pre-market.Exxon, Philips fall

Investing.com — U.S. markets rose on Friday as investors awaited the release of a key monthly jobs report by the Federal Reserve for clues on future financial trends.

Here are the biggest stocks moving U.S. stocks in the premarket today.

• pioneer natural resources (NYSE:) Shares jumped 9.6% after WSJ reported on the oil major. exxon mobil (NYSE:) fell 3% and is currently in talks to buy the shale driller for about $60 billion.

• tesla (NASDAQ:) Shares fell 1.5% after the EV maker reported third-quarter deliveries that were lower than market expectations and after the company cut prices on some versions of its Model 3 and Model Y in the U.S. .

• philips (NYSE:) ADR of 8.8 after U.S. drug regulators found inadequate response to recall of millions of ventilators used to treat sleep apnea % fell.

• walt disney (NYSE:) Bernstein begins coverage with an “outperform” rating on the entertainment giant, saying his planned acquisition of streaming service Hulu will offset short-term issues and benefit the company in the long term. As a result, the stock price rose 0.7%.

• Levi Strauss (New York Stock Exchange:) Shares fell 1.2% after the jeans retailer reported weaker-than-expected third-quarter earnings and trimmed its outlook as the U.S.-led wholesale business continues to slump. .

• general motors (NYSE:) Shares rose 0.2% after the auto giant made its sixth offer to the UAW union to end a harmful strike.

• virgin galactic (NYSE:) Shares rose 0.6% after the space tourism company announced plans for the Galactic 04 mission, its fifth spaceflight in the past five months.