BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Tesla, Xoom, Centene, Health Inc

(For faster updates on individual market-movers, Eikon users please use search string "STXBZ US"; for the Day Ahead newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/mex49s; for the Morning News Call newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/nex49s) U.S. stock index futures rose slightly on Thursday ahead of a critical job report that could feed into the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision on when to increase interest rates. Dow Jones industrial average e-mini futures were up 0.14 percent at 17,696, S&P 500 futures were up 0.14 percent at 2,074 and Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.17 percent at 4,429.5.

** CENTENE CORP (NYSE: CNC - news) , Wednesday close $80.9, +7.10 pct premarket

** HEALTH NET INC (NYSE: HNT - news) , Wednesday close $65.06, +17.61 pct premarket

U.S. health insurer Centene said it would buy Health Net for $6.3 billion in cash and stock to bolster its position as a manager of government health insurance programs.

** EBAY INC (Xetra: 916529 - news) , Wednesday close $60.425, -0.19 pct premarket

** XOOM CORP, Wednesday close $20.7, +22.71 pct premarket

** WESTERN UNION CORP, Wednesday close $20.39, -2.99 pct premarket

PayPal Inc said it would buy digital money transfer provider Xoom for $890 million as it muscles into a growing international remittance market and expand in countries like Mexico, India and China ahead of a spinoff from eBay Inc.

Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) of Western Union fell after Evercore ISI cut its rating on the stock to "hold" from "buy" and its price target to $20 from $23, citing the deal.

** GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, Wednesday close $26.66, -0.04 pct premarket

General Electric met EU antitrust regulators on Thursday, hoping they will take a softer line on its 12.4-billion-euro ($13.7 billion) bid for Alstom (Paris: FR0010220475 - news) 's energy unit.

($1 = 0.9030 euros)

** TESLA MOTORS INC (Xetra: A1CX3T - news) , Wednesday close $269.15, +2.89 pct premarket

The electric car maker said Model S deliveries rose 52 percent to 11,507 in the second quarter, "a new company record for the most cars delivered in a quarter."

** PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA, Wednesday close $8.65, -0.12 pct premarket

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras moved quickly on Wednesday to deliver on promises to shed assets and raise cash by announcing the sale of stakes in two offshore oilfields and a study of ways to sell part of its fuel-distribution unit.

** ARCELORMITTAL SA, Wednesday close $9.64, -0.10 pct premarket

ArcelorMittal (Other OTC: AMSYF - news) , the world's largest producer of steel, will cut 2,800 jobs at its Mexico unit as global prices slump, it said in a joint statement with local competitors on Wednesday, while accusing Russia, China and Turkey of dumping steel on markets at levels below production costs.

** SPRINT CORP, Wednesday close $4.52

British electrical goods and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone said its Connected World Services (CWS) division has signed a deal with Sprint, the U.S. mobile network operator, to open and manage Sprint-branded stores in the U.S.

** RIO TINTO (LSE: RIO.L - news) , Wednesday close $40.73, +1.50 pct premarket

The head of global mining firm Rio Tinto urged governments not to be tempted by protectionism as they try to preserve revenues at a time of weakening commodity prices.

** ACCENTURE PLC (NYSE: ACN - news) , Wednesday close $98.06

Spanish travel technology company Amadeus said it would buy Navitaire, a subsidiary of Accenture, for $830 million, to focus mainly on digital services for airline passengers.

(Compiled By Manya Venkatesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon Jennings)