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Market Watch : 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 Oct. 5. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS

1) Business equipment: +15.8% Checkrobot Inc. (1 5/8): +62.5%

2) Electronics: +12.1% Sunair Elect. (1 3/8): +37.5%

3) Machinery, light equip.: +11.8% Makita Elect. (68 3/4): +25.6%

4) Personal services: +11.0% CareerCom Corp. (2 1/8): +21.4%

5) Tobacco: +8.3% Design in Mind (4 1/2): +63.6%

6) Cosmetics, personal care: +6.9% Avon Products (26 3/4): +12.0%

7) Food, confectioners: +6.2% Savannah Food (21 1/2): +8.9%

8) Business services: +6.0% Aurora (1 9/16): +56.3%

9) Food, packaged goods: +5.7% Procter & Gamble (79 1/8): +8.6%

10) Automotive: +5.2% Jiffy Lube (8): +100.0%

WORST PERFORMERS

1) Retail, apparel: -3.3% Evans Inc. (1): -27.3%

2) Real estate: -3.3% Koger Properties (7 7/8): -29.2%

3) Credit: -2.9% Primerica Corp. (19): -7.3%

4) Oil, gas production: -2.9% Numac Oil & Gas (5 3/4): -11.5%

5) Metals fabrication: -2.4% Allied Products (4): -20.0%

6) Metals, rare: -1.8% Sunshine Mining (2): -20.0%

7) Metals, non-ferrous/coal: -0.9% Cal Graphite (4 5/8): -26.0%

8) Retail, department stores: -0.6% Stuarts Dept. (1 1/4): -9.1%

9) Retail, discount/drug: -0.5% Home Shop. Net. (4 3/8): -14.6%

10) Freight, shipping: -0.5% Transcisco (2 1/2): -23.1%

Source: Media General Financial Services

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