NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 03/12/13 -- Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: OPXS) finished the last session at $0.022 PPS with volume over 8 million shares traded. The 3 month avg. daily volume is 31k. As a result the stock is experiencing an extreme spike in the PPS, up 193%. This is often the case in the beginning stages of an investor awareness campaign. Auctions International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AUCI) is also experiencing heavy trading volume today. The stock has traded nearly 9 times its 3 month avg. daily volume, over 45 million shares. After hitting a high of $0.0024 at 9:40 am on March, 11th the stock has begun a steady decline to a current price of $0.0015. NightCulture, Inc. (OTCQB: NGHT) hit a high at the opening bell today of $0.20 and has finished down 12.5%. The volume was up, trading almost 27 times its 3 month avg. daily.

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