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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 the week ended March 9. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included. BEST PERFORMERS 1) Gas utilities +1.8% Valley Res. (11 3/8) +12.4% 2) Brewers +0.9% Penwest Ltd. (23 1/4) +12.1% 3) Oil refining, mkting +0.8% N Cdn Oils (16 1/4) +8.3% 4) Railroads +0.5% Burlington North (28 7/8) +4.5% 5) Oil, gas production +0.5% Red Eagle (1 5/16) +26.5% 6) Electric utilities +0.1% Upper Pen (27 1/2) +5.8% 7) Precision instruments -0.1% Humphrey Inc. (3 3/8) +28.6% 8) Heavy machinery -0.3% Bethlehem Corp. (2 7/8) +21.1% 9) Meat, dairy products -0.8% Thorn Apple Valley (5 3/4) +15% 10) Retail drugs -0.9% Spiegel Inc. (13 1/4) +3.9% WORST PERFORMERS 1) Business equipment -9.9% Pitney Bowes (29 1/2) -18.3% 2) Shoes -8.9% Reebok Intl (10 1/2) -13.4% 3) Real estate invest -7.5% Great Amer Comm (2) -33.3% 4) Textiles -6.5% Quiksilver Inc. (13 1/2) -20.6% 5) Cosmetics -6.4% Alfin Inc. (1 5/8) -13.3% 6) Electronics -6.1% Sunair Electronics (1) -38.5% 7) Credit -6.1% Primerica (20 3/4) -20.2% 8) Apparel -6% Bell W & Co (1 5/8) -27.8% 9) Light equipment -6% Sonotek (1 1/8) -35.7% 10) Confections -5.7% PepsiCo Inc.(22 1/4) -10.1% Source: Media General Financial Services

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