Stock Group Winners and Losers

Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended May 31. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS

1) Apparel: +9.1%

Evans(2 5/8): +75%

2) Heavy machinery: +8.1%

USMX (1 7/8): +36.4%

3) Building: +7.9%

Standard Pac(11 1/8): +32.8%

4) Credit: +7.4%

Primerica(31 5/8): +8.6%

5) Railroads: +7%

Burling Nor(35): +14.8%

6) Textiles: +6.8%

Chaus Bernard (3 3/8): +35%

7) Paper, packaging: +6.7%

Mosinee (32): +20.8%

8) Coal: +6.7%

Reserve Ind(3 1/16): +53.1%

9) Heavy construction: +6.5%

Jacobs Engin(23): +19.5%

10) Chemicals: +5.4%

Wellman (26 1/2): +21.8%

WORST PERFORMERS

1) Drug manufacturers: -1.3%

Lidak(1 1/8): -14.3%

2) Cosmetics: -0.6%

Alfin(1): -11.1%

3) Entertainment: -0.2%

Dick Clark Prod(5 3/4): -11.5%

4) Grocery stores: -0.2%

Vons(28): -7.1%

5) Electric utilities: Unch

Long Lake Energy(1 1/2): -25%

6) Food production: +0.6%

Vitafrt(1 13/16): -14.7%

7) Health: +0.6%

Dimensional Vis(4 1/8): -19.5%

8) Food: confections: +0.9%

Amoskeag(9 3/4): -7.1%

9) Tobacco: +1%

RJR Nabisco(11): -3.3%

10) Oil refining, marketing: +1.1%

E-Z Serve(1 5/8): -7.1%

Source: Media General Financial Services