Stock Group Winners and Losers

Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended Oct. 25. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included. BEST PERFORMERS 1) Rubber/plastic: +.90% Alpine Group (5 7/8): +4.4% 2) Metals fabrication: +.32% Bliss & Laughlin (3 1/2): +250% 3) Textile manufacturing: +.29% TechKnits (1 3/8): +29.41% 4) Housewares/furniture: +.03% Windmere (5 1/8): +32.3% 5) Rare metals: -.24% Firstmiss Gold (3 5/8): +16% 6) Health: -.27% Cytocare (2 11/16): +59.3% 7) Utilities/electric: -.33% Utd Thermal Energy (1 1/2): +50% 8) Publishing: -.38% Western Pub Group (13 3/4): +14.6% 9) Precision instruments: -.48% Rheometrics (3 3/4): +25% 10) Food/confections: -.51% Coca Cola Btlng (20 1/4): +6.6% WORST PERFORMERS 1) Retail/discount, drug: -6.2% Toys R Us (28 3/4): -14.8% 2) Retail/department stores: -5.6% Gottschalks (20 5/8): -16.2% 3) Credit: -5.5% Am Express (19 1/4): -7.2% 4) Airlines: -5.3% CCAIR (2 3/8): -13.6% 5) Cosmetic/personal: -5.2% Avon Products (41 1/2): -8.0% 6) Retail/apparel: -5.1% Sun Sportswear (4 1/2): -28% 7) Shoes/leather: -5.1% Barry RG (3): -14.3% 8) Business equipment: -5.0% Staples Inc. (20 3/4): -12.6% 9) Savings & loan: -4.5% Federal Savings Bank (3): -22.6% 10) Business services: -4.3% Attwoods (10 3/8): -33.1% Source: Media General Financial Services