U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 200 points on Tuesday.

Shares of Avanos Medical Inc (NYSE:AVNS) rose sharply following the announcement of the going-private deal.

American Industrial Partners will buy the medtech company in an all-cash transaction at an enterprise value of approximately $1.272 billion.

Avanos Medical shares surged 69% to $24.55 on Tuesday.

Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session.

• Travere Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:TVTX) gained 33.6% to $41.00 after the company announced that the FDA approved FILSPARI to reduce proteinuria in adult and pediatric patients aged 8 years and older with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis without nephrotic syndrome.
• Keel Infrastructure Corp (NASDAQ:KEEL) jumped 18.3% to $2.78.
• Bloom Energy Corp (NYSE:BE) gained 18% to $208.32 after the company announced an expanded partnership with Oracle to support the buildout of its AI and cloud computing infrastructure.
• IONQ Inc (NASDAQ:IONQ) gained 14.7% to $34.13 after the company announced it was awarded a contract in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Heterogeneous Architectures for Quantum program.
• Sana Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:SANA) jumped 13.7% to $3.65 after the company announced a strategic collaboration with Mayo Clinic to advance development of SC451. Also, the company sold 7.5 million shares at $3.33 per share for $25 million to Mayo Clinic.
• Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:CRDO) gained 13.2% to $152.10.
• Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRWD) gained 12.8% to $4.12.
• Strive Inc (NASDAQ:ASST) gained 11.9% to $12.96.
• Rigetti Computing Inc (NASDAQ:RGTI) gained 11.8% to $16.92.
• Voyager Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:VACH) jumped 11.7% to $13.68.
• Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Ltd (NASDAQ:AOSL) gained 10.7% to $30.34. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor announced commencement of production of Intelligent Power Module (IPM5) products at Kaynes Semicon Inaugural Opening in Sanand, Gujarat.
• Sealsq Corp (NASDAQ:LAES) gained 10.5% to $2.36.
• D-Wave Quantum Inc (NASDAQ:QBTS) jumped 10.1% to $16.14.
• Applied Digital Corp (NASDAQ:APLD) gained 9.8% to $30.32.
• Globalstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSAT) jumped 9.6% to $79.90 after the company announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).
• Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ:HOOD) gained 9% to $78.09.
• Nuscale Power Corp (NYSE:SMR) gained 8.8% to $10.43.
• American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) jumped 8.5% to $12.19 amid reports that United Airlines Holdings (NYSE:UAL) CEO Scott Kirby has suggested a potential merger with the company.
• Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE:ALK) gained 7.3% to $42.90.

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