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STOCK GROUP WINNERS AND LOSERS

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Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended April 20. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included. BEST PERFORMERS 1) Railroads: +4.6% Conrail(51 7/8): +11% 2) Banking: +3.4% Broadway Fin(2 1/2): +66.7% 3) Light equipment: +3.3% Cedar Group(1 13/16): +70.6% 4) Publishing: +3.3% Price Stern(2 1/2): +11.1% 5) Packaging: +3.1% Stone Container(17 5/8): +22.6% 6) Building: +3.1% Champ Enter(5 7/8): +30.6% 7) Savings and loan: +3% Crestmont (4 3/4): +26.7% 8) Leather shoes: +2.9% G-III(5 3/4): +12.2% 9) Iron/steel: +2.8% Interlake(4 3/4): +18.8% 10) Chemicals: +2.6% Balchem(7 7/8): +16.7% WORST PERFORMERS 1) Textile manufacturing: -4.6% West Point-Pep(35 3/8): -16.5% 2) Rare metals: -2.6% Firstmiss Gold(3): -20% 3) Cosmetics: -2.3% Guest Supply(6 1/2): -13.3% 4) Discount drugstores: -1.6% Warehouse Club(1): -27.3% 5) Electric utilities: -1.2% El Paso Electric(6 3/4): -12.9% 6) Food stores: -1.1% Arden Group(40): -7% 7) Apparel: -1% Andover Togs(1 1/2): -29.4% 8) Food production: -0.8% Smithfield Foods(39): -11.4% 9) Real estate investment: -0.8% CleveTrust RI(2): -23.8% 10) Real estate: -0.6% Major Realty(8): -18% Source: Media General Financial Services

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