Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are Hershey Co., Kraft Foods Group Inc., and Visa Inc. Orbital Sciences: ORB, +2.91% : A rocket built by the company for NASA exploded on takeoff late Tuesday, destroying an unmanned spacecraft bound for the international space station. Hershey HSY, +0.73% is projected to report third-quarter earnings of $1.08 a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet. Kraft Foods KRFT, +0.58% is forecast to report third-quarter earnings of 74 cents a share. Visa V, +1.55% is expected to post fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $2.10 a share. Baidu Inc. BIDU, +4.11% is likely to report third-quarter earnings of $1.69 a share. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. DWA, +3.26% is projected to post third-quarter earnings of 5 cents a share. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. GT, +6.31% is expected to report third-quarter earnings of 70 cents a share. MetLife Inc. MET, +1.28% is forecast to post earnings of $1.38 a share in the third quarter. Phillips 66 PSX, +2.72% is likely to report earnings of $1.69 a share in the third quarter. Ralph Lauren Corp. RL, -0.27% is projected to report fiscal second-quarter earnings of $2.05 a share. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO, +4.52% is expected to post a loss of 59 cents a share in the second quarter. After Tuesday’s closing bell, Facebook Inc. FB, -7.53% said its third-quarter earnings rose 90% on the back of strong mobile advertising. The social media company also said its monthly active users grew to 1.35 billion from 1.32 billion in the second quarter and 1.19 billion a year earlier. Electronic Arts Inc. EA, +1.65% reported it swung to a second-quarter profit of $3 million, or a penny a share, versus a loss of $273 million, or 89 cents a share, a year ago, thanks to strong appetite for videogames for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Wynn Resorts Ltd. WYNN, +0.86% said its third-quarter earnings rose to $191.4 million, or $1.88 a share, from $182 million, or $1.79 a share, a year ago. On an adjusted basis, the casino operator would have earned $1.95 a share, ahead of the $1.83 a share forecast by analysts in a FactSet survey. Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD, +0.76% reported third-quarter earnings of $2.73 billion, or $1.67 a share, versus $788.6 million, or 47 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Excluding items, adjusted per-share earnings were $1.84, below the FactSet consensus analyst estimate of $1.92. Sue Chang