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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. 19. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS

1) Retail, apparel: +10.8% Kenwin Shops (6): +26.3%

2) Airlines: +9.7% HAL Inc. (12): +62.7%

3) Cosmetics, personal care: +8.2% Guest Supply Inc. (4 1/4): +47.8%

4) Business data processing: +7.5% Telematics Intl. (1 3/4): +75.0%

5) Food, confectioners: +7.2% Amoskeag Co. (10 3/4): +13.2%

6) Retail, dept. stores: +6.9% TJX Cos. (10 3/8): +13.7%

7) Precision instruments: +6.4% Brajdas Corp. (2 3/4): +57.1%

8) Retail, discount/drug: +5.7% Consolid. Stores (3 3/4): +20.0%

9) Tobacco: +5.7% UST Inc. (32): +8.5%

10) Insurance: +5.6% Condor Services (2 1/8): +88.9%

WORST PERFORMERS

1) Savings and loan: -5.0% Continental Sav. (2 1/8): -29.2%

2) Real estate invest.: -3.4% CleveTrust RI (2 1/2): -31.0%

3) Metals, rare: -2.9% Canyon Res. (1 13/32): -18.2%

4) Shoes, leather: -1.1% Penobscot Shoe (2): -23.8%

5) Building: -0.9% Southdown Inc. (15 5/8): -16.1%

6) Oil, gas services: -0.8% GeoResources (1 1/8): -25.0%

7) Metals, iron/steel: -0.5% Amer. Steel-Wire (1 1/4): -28.6%

8) Credit: -0.3% Cencor Inc. (7): -3.5%

9) Metals fabrication: -0.1% Magnetic Tech. (1): -33.3%

10) Utilities, gas/others: Unchanged Norcen Energy (19 1/2): -8.8%

Source: Media General Financial Services

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