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Virgin Orbit — The satellite launch service company fell 12% a day after it confirmed its first launch out of the United Kingdom Monday failed to reach orbit. The mission was Virgin Orbit’s sixth to date, and its second launch failure.

Danaher — Shares of Danaher rose more than 4% after the maker of medical, industrial and commercial products issued upbeat guidance for fourth-quarter non-GAAP core revenue. The company now expects growth in the high single-digit percentages on a year-over-year basis. It previously projected flat to low single-digit percentage declines.

Sotera Health — The stock soared nearly 90% a day after Sotera Health announced the settlement of more than 870 cases relating to the exposure of ethylene oxide, a carcinogen, from its Willowbrook facilities. The company, which said the settlement is not an admission that the emissions posed a safety hazard, agreed to pay $408 million.

Warner Bros. Discovery — Shares of the media company jumped more than 6% after Bank of America added the stock to the “US1” list. The Wall Street firm said it remains bullish on the long-term potential and views the current risk/reward as “highly attractive.”

Coinbase — Shares jumped almost 6% after the cryptocurrency exchange shared plans to trim its workforce by 20%. The cuts come after Coinbase laid off 18% of its workforce in June as crypto prices, and its stock, dwindled.

Bed Bath & Beyond — The retailer jumped nearly 19%. The move came after its earnings call, in which leadership said the company had bigger losses than expected. Days earlier, the company warned of potential bankruptcy.

Oak Street Health — Shares of Oak Street Health, a health-care company that manages primary care centers for Medicare patients, jumped 28% after Bloomberg reported that CVS

 is exploring a deal to purchase it for more than $10 billion.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals — The stock was up 2.9%, a day after the shares dropped about 7.7% on news that sales of the pharmaceutical company’s Eylea drug were hurt by a shift to an off-label competitor in the final quarter of 2022. On Tuesday, CEO Leonard Schleifer told CNBC that activity was “transient” and should not have any impact on the long-term trajectory of Eylea.

Frontline — Shares of the shipping company jumped 26% after Frontline announced that it was terminating a deal to combine with Euronav. The plan had called for Frontline to acquire Euronav in an all-stock deal. CEO Lars Barstad said in a statement that both shippers “are already enjoying economies of scale.”