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The selling extended beyond the leaders. Tactive Advisors reduced its stake by an estimated $3.3 million, Cerro Pacific Wealth Advisors by $1.7 million and First Financial Bank's trust division by $1.2 million. Several of those remaining positions rose in reported value despite the cuts. Foster's value increased by $4.9 million, Cerro Pacific's by $1.9 million and First Financial's by $2.6 million. Price movement masked each sale; none belongs on the buyer side.

Merit Financial Group supplied the strongest continuing-position counterweight. It added 69,087 shares, an estimated $13.8 million purchase, and finished with $16.1 million in VLUE, about 2.3% of tracked value. Keystone Global Partners added roughly $851,000, while Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services bought about $320,000. These were genuine increases, but only Merit's move approached the scale of the larger sales.