Movers & Shakers: Shale driller’s shares soar on reports of possible Exxon takeover and other stocks on the move

Here are some of the day’s biggest movers:

Stock gainers:

Shares in Pioneer Natural Resources
PXD,
-0.17%
soared by 10% following a report in the Wall Street Journal that Exxon Mobil is closing in on a deal to buy the Texan shale driller for about $60 billion. Exxon Mobil
XOM,
-2.25%
shares fell almost 2%.