Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Regional bank stocks — The subsector ticked higher after driving down the broader market on Thursday. Zions rose more than 1% on the back of a Baird upgrade , while Western Alliance bounced by less than 1%. The SPDR S & P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) advanced 0.4%. Jefferies — The investment bank’s shares jumped 3% following Thursday’s plunge of more than 10%. Oppenheimer upgraded the stock to outperform on Friday, with the firm saying Jefferies’ exposure to First Brands is “very limited.” CSX — The railroad stock added 2.5% following better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter. CSX reported adjusted earnings of 44 cents per share on $3.59 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG penciled in 42 cents a share and $3.58 billion. Interactive Brokers Group — Shares lost 2.6% despite an expectation-beating earnings report for the third quarter. Interactive Brokers recorded earnings of 57 cents per share, excluding items, and $1.61 billion in revenue. That topped an LSEG of 54 cents in earnings per share and $1.52 billion in revenue. Oracle — The software stock shed 2.4%, giving back a chunk of its rally in Thursday’s session. Oracle on Thursday confirmed a cloud computing deal with Meta. Bank OZK — The regional bank slipped around 2% as third-quarter earnings missed expect …
