BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Xoom, Tesla, Green Brick, BP, Frontline

(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. stocks opened higher on Thursday after data showed smaller-than-expected growth in U.S. jobs, reducing chances of an interest rate hike in September. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.30 percent at 17,810.79, the S&P 500 was up 0.29 percent at 2,083.42 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.16 percent at 5,021.267.

** BP PLC, $40.97, +4.33 pct

BP said it has reached an $18.7 billion settlement of damages claims from the U.S. government and five states after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.

** TESLA MOTORS INC (Xetra: A1CX3T - news) , $277.775, +3.20 pct

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."

** CENTENE CORP (NYSE: CNC - news) , $80.25, -0.80 pct

** HEALTH NET INC (NYSE: HNT - news) , $74.46, +14.45 pct

U.S. health insurer Centene said it would buy rival Health Net for $6.3 billion to bolster its position as a manager of government insurance plans and gain scale to negotiate better prices with hospitals.

** AEROPOSTALE INC, $1.79, +9.15 pct

The teen apparel retailer signed licensing deals to open stores in India and Indonesia.

The company said it would open 50 standalone stores, 150 shop-in-shops and e-commerce operations in India over the next five years, beginning in March.

** EBAY INC (Xetra: 916529 - news) , $61.35, +1.53 pct

** XOOM CORP, $25.1, +21.26 pct

** WESTERN UNION CORP, $19.37, -5.00 pct

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, saying the deal poses a threat to the world's largest money-transfer company.

** FRONTLINE LTD (LSE: FRO.L - news) , $2.45, -5.04 pct

John Fredriksen will merge tanker companies Frontline (Stockholm: 63629.ST - news) and Frontline 2012, the Norwegian shipping tycoon announced on Thursday.

Frontline 2012 was spun off from Frontline three years ago and has since divested its dry-bulk and gas fleet to focus on crude oil and product tankers.

** GREEN BRICK PARTNERS INC (NasdaqCM: GRBK - news) , $12.12, +5.03 pct

Activist investors David Einhorn and Daniel Loeb, the residential land developer's top two shareholders, increased their stake.

** HANSEN MEDICAL INC (NasdaqGM: HNSN - news) , $1, +16.29 pct

The medical robotics maker said the U.S. FDA approved its Magellan 10Fr robotic catheter for use in procedures to treat circulation disorders.

** PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA, $8.85, +2.31 pct

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.

** SPRINT CORP, $4.51, -0.22 pct

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) , $41.18, +1.10 pct

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