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Weekly Scorecard : STOCK GROUP WINNERS & LOSERS

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Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for week ended Feb. 16. Industry figures are averages for all stocks in the group.

BEST PERFORMERS

1) Machinery (light) +3.7% HEICO (9 5/8) +14.9% 2) Food: meat/dairy +3.0% Canal Capital (2 5/8) +31.3% 3) Banking +2.1% Pioneer Svgs. (3/32) +50.0% 4) Nonferrous metals/coal +1.9% Highwood Res. (1 1/8) +50.0% 5) Personal services +1.6% Enstar Group (2 7/8) +43.8% 6) Savings and loans +1.6% Mercury S&L; (1 3/8) +100.0% 7) Machinery (heavy) +1.4% Osmonics (15 1/4) +22.0% 8) Electronics +1.3% Megadata (1 1/8) +63.6% 9) Oil/gas services +1.2% Natl. Environ. (1 1/32) +75.0% 10) Shoes/leather +1.1% Suave Shoe (6 5/8) +15.2%

WORST PERFORMERS

1) Rare metals -6.0% Belmoral Mines ( 1/2) -20.0% 2) Textile manufac. -2.2% Burke Mills ( 7/8) -12.5% 3) Discount/drug retail -1.9% Lionel Corp. (2 7/8) -14.8% 4) Utilities (non-electric) -1.8% Consumers Wtr. (14 3/4) -13.2% 5) Real estate investment -1.7% VMS Mort. LP (1 5/16) -60.0% 6) Food: confections -1.5% Savannah Foods (26 1/2) -6.2% 7) Business equipment -1.4% Supreme Eq. (1 1/16) -15.0% 8) Grocery chains -1.4% Dairy Mart (7 1/4) -22.9% 9) Railroads -1.4% Del. Otsego (13 1/8) -9.5% 10) Investments -1.3% Equitex (3/32) -25.0%

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Source: Media General Financial Services

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