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Earnings season continues, and we’re here to highlight the companies expected to report earnings on the next trading day to help you prepare for the market action. Leading the pack are BJs Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (NYSE:BJ), Gold Fields Ltd (JO:GFIJ), and The Buckle Inc (NYSE:BKE), along with several other notable firms set to unveil their financial results on Friday, August 22, 2025.

Earnings Before the Open:

• BJs Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (BJ): EPS est. $1.10, Revenue est. $5.49B

• The Buckle Inc (BKE): EPS est. $0.8026, Revenue est. $292.61M

• Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): EPS est. $0.59, Revenue est. not available

• REC Silicon ADR (RNWEY): EPS est. -$0.10, Revenue est. $41M

• Prosafe Se (PRSEF): EPS est. -$1.07, Revenue est. $27M

Earnings After the Close:

No companies scheduled to report after market close.

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Altech Digital (ALD) has filed for 1,500,000 share Nasdaq IPO at $4 per share.

Investing.com -- Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is increasing the price of its streaming service Apple TV+ by $3 starting Thursday.

The ad-free streaming service will now cost $12.99 per month in the United States and select international markets, up from the previous price of $9.99, according to a statement from Apple.

The company is keeping the annual subscription price unchanged. The pricing for Apple One, which bundles Apple TV+ with other services including iCloud and Apple Music, will also remain the same.

This price adjustment affects new subscribers signing up for the monthly plan.

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Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Aerospace & Defense and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.27% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR), which rose 2.73% or 86.00 points to trade at 3,238.00 at the close. Meanwhile, BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) added 1.88% or 32.50 points to end at 1,759.50 and Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF) was up 1.76% or 380.00 points to 21,940.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN), which fell 2.38% or 6.20 points to trade at 254.40 at the close. Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) declined 1.86% or 7.40 points to end at 390.60 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was down 1.83% or 20.50 points to 1,103.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 877 to 830 and 611 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 1.18 to $3,387.32 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.81% or 0.51 to hit $63.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.53 to trade at $67.37 a barrel.

GBP/USD was down 0.38% to 1.34, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 98.57.