Most mega-cap technology and growth stocks such as Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O, Apple Inc AAPL.O, Microsoft Corp MSFT.O, Tesla Inc TSLA.O and Meta Platforms Inc META.O edged higher in premarket trading. For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window. Last Friday, data showed U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in November and increased wages, spurring fears that the Federal Reserve might stick to a longer rate-hike cycle as it attempts to tame inflation.