U.S. stock index futures extended gains on Friday, as investors digested December payrolls data that showed a cooling in jobs growth and unemployment rate ticking lower. .N

** Newmont Corp NEM.N:

** Gold Fields Ltd GFI.N:

** Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd AEM.N:

** Kinross Gold Corp KGC.N:

BUZZ - Gold miners fall as prices dip due to index rebalancing nL6N3YA0H9

** Ardelyx Inc ARDX.O:BUZZ - Jumps as Piper Sandler highlights strong Ibsrela uptake nL6N3YA0JE

** CrowdStrike Holdings Inc CRWD.O:BUZZ - Berenberg upgrades CrowdStrike to 'buy' after SGNL acquistion; shares up nL6N3YA0DQ

** Southwest Airlines Co LUV.N:BUZZ - Climbs after J.P. Morgan double upgrades to 'overweight' nL6N3YA0K5

** AXT Inc AXTI.O:BUZZ - Falls after lowering Q4 revenue forecast on China export permit delays nL6N3YA0PW

** Vistra Corp VST.N:

** Oklo Inc OKLO.N:BUZZ - Soar on Meta-backed nuclear energy deals nL6N3YA0KQ

** Revolution Medicines Inc RVMD.O:BUZZ - Climbs after report of Merck's up to $32 bln buyout talks nL4N3YA0R6

BUZZ - Wedbush lifts Revolution Medicines PT as Merck takeover talks heat up nL4N3YA0VK

** Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O:BUZZ - Rises; Scotiabank raises PT on cloud optimism nL6N3YA0LB

** Tilray Brands Inc TLRY.O:BUZZ - Jumps after Q2 results nL6N3YA0JK

** General Motors Co GM.N:BUZZ - Dips as $6 billion EV charge hits nL6N3YA0KY

** Canadian Solar Inc CSIQ.O:BUZZ - Rises after $200 mln convertible debt sale nL6N3YA0M2

** Ormat Technologies Inc ORA.N:BUZZ - Rises after TD Cowen upgrades stock to 'buy' nL6N3YA0LI

** Akamai Technologies Inc AKAM.O:BUZZ - Scotiabank lifts Akamai's PT citing upside from AI inference cloud nL4N3YA0SX

** Aquestive Therapeutics Inc AQST.O:BUZZ - Falls as FDA flags issues with oral allergy drug nL4N3YA0UP

** Broadcom Inc AVGO.O:BUZZ - Gains; Mizuho raises PT on AI chip growth expectation nL6N3YA0N7

** Rocket Companies Inc RKT.N:

** LoanDepot Inc LDI.N:

** UWM Holdings Corp UWMC.N:

** Opendoor Technologies Inc OPEN.O:BUZZ - Home lenders jump after Trump orders $200 bln of mortgage bond buys nL6N3YA0NL

** First Solar Inc FSLR.O:BUZZ - Gains as BofA raises PT nL6N3YA0MK

** Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc GLUE.O:BUZZ - Down after increased $300 mln equity raise nL6N3YA0Q5

(Rajarshi Roy and Varun Sahay)

((Varun.sahay@thomsonreuters.com))