AMC and APE shares fly in different directions after lawsuit is settled, while Virgin Orbit slumps

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Here are some of the bigger and more active stocks in premarket trading on Tuesday:

Stock gainers:

Etsy Inc.
ETSY,
-2.77%

shares rose 3.6% after Piper Jaffray analysts reportedly upgraded the e-commerce marketplace to overweight from neutral.

Stock decliners:

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. 
AMC,
+2.00%

stock fell 27% in premarket trading after the movie-theater operator said Monday that it has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit over a stock conversion. The settlement paves the way for AMC to convert its AMC Preferred Equity
APE,
+0.68%

units into shares of common stock, proceed with a 10-to-1 reverse stock split and raise capital. APE shares are up 20%.

Shares of Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc.
VORB,
-3.00%

plunged 24% ahead of the open after the rocket launch provider filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it would seek a sale. The company, majority owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, said it would lay off most of its staff last week amid an inability to get funding following a failed launch in January. Shares of spaceflight group Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.
SPCE,
-4.20%

fell 2.8% in premarket trading.

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