Express Catering cornered trading on the Junior Market on Friday with nearly 97 percent of the volume of stocks traded on the market with investors exchanging 122.9 million of the company’s shares with a value of $423 million and pushing the volume of stocks traded up a stunning 1,281 percent, with the value surging 1,469 percent higher than trading on Thursday with 45 securities changing hands as was the case on Thursday and ending with prices of 19 rising, 12 declining and 14 closing unchanged.
The market closed with trading of 127,010,636 shares with a value of $430,363,473 well above 9,196,916 units at $27,433,897 on Thursday. Trading averaged 2,822,459 shares at $9,563,633 up from 204,376 units at $609,642 on Thursday with the month to date, averaging 704,140 stock units at $2,243,278 compared to 188,874 stock units at $462,652 on the previous day and November with an average of 309,920 shares at $766,307.
The volume leader was Express Catering with 122.90 million shares for 96.8 percent of total volume followed by One Great Studio with 629,560 units for 0.5 percent of the day’s trade and Dolla Financial with 603,641 stock units for 0.5 percent market share.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index sank 3.92 points to end trading at 3,666.04. 
The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and five with lower offers.
The Junior Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 12.9, based on last traded prices in conjunction with earnings projected by ICInsider.com for financial years ending around August 2025.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging dropped 8 cents and ended at $2.76 after an exchange of 7,218 shares, Caribbean Cream rallied 13 cents to $3.28 with investors trading 6,619 stocks, Dolla Financial popped 13 cents to finish at $3 after an exchange of 603,641 shares. Everything Fresh lost 13 cents to end at $2.10 with 128,630 stock units changing hands, Express Catering climbed 28 cents to $3.49 in an exchange of 122,904,460 shares, Honey Bun declined 14 cents to close at $8.51 with traders dealing in 3,901 units. 
Indies Pharma rose 12 cents to $3.30 in an exchange of 41,303 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance advanced 38 cents to finish at $3.86 with investors dealing in 11 stock units, KLE Group shed 15 cents and ended at $1.01 after a transfer of 12,000 shares. Lumber Depot fell 8 cents to close at $2.70 with 38,000 units crossing the exchange, Medical Disposables increased 28 cents to close at $1.98 with a transfer of 1,201 stocks, Paramount Trading slipped 19 cents to end at $1.05 with investors swapping 403 stock units and Regency Petroleum gained 16 cents to $3.12 with 262,451 shares switching owners.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.