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SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2019
SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMS [Abstract] |
Shares Repurchase Programs | All of the shares purchased under the above repurchase programs were retired in fiscal year 2019. The Table below presents information on the repurchase programs.
|  | Fiscal Year 2019 Purchases |  |  | Fiscal Year 2018 Purchases |  |  | Total Purchases Under Programs |
Number of shares repurchased |  |  | 2,133 |  |  |  | 2,558 |  |  |  | 4,691 |
Cost of shares repurchased |  | $ | 21,696 |  |  | $ | 23,111 |  |  | $ | 44,807 |
Average price paid per share |  | $ | 10.17 |  |  | $ | 9.04 |  |  | $ | 9.55 |

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