Stock Group Winners and Losers

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

BEST PERFORMERS 1) Hotels/motels/restaurants: +5.9% Bertucci’s (27 1/2): +24.3% 2) Drug manufacturers: +5.7% ICN Pharmaceutical (12 1/4): +75.0% 3) Shoes/leather: +5.4% Swank (1 3/8): +37.5% 4) Textiles/apparel: +4.4% Yes Clothing (3 3/4): +36.4% 5) Insurance: +4.0% Chandler Insurance (3 3/8): +28.6% 6) Railroads: +4.0% Illinois Central (29 3/8): +8.3% 7) Health: +3.7% Hologic (9): +63.6% 8) Communications: +3.7% Celutel (3 1/2): +47.4% 9) Food/confections: +3.6% Imperial Holly (15 7/8): +6.7% 10) Retail/apparel: +3.3% Gantos (8 1/8): +22.6%

WORST PERFORMERS 1) Textile manufacturing: -1.5% Rocky Mountain Undergarments (1 3/8): -21.4% 2) Machinery/light: -0.5% DeVlieg Bullard (1 7/8): -21.1% 3) Metals/rare: -0.3% Bristol Holding (1 1/8): -14.3% 4) Tobacco: -0.2% American Filtrona (20 1/4): -9.0% 5) Precision instruments: -0.2% Humphrey (5): -20.0% 6) Electrical equipment: -0.3% Aerovox (4 3/8): -7.5% 7) Savings & loans: -0.3% Suncoast (1 1/2): -25.0% 8) Real estate: -0.3% BF Enterprises (2 3/4): -21.4% 9) Oil/refining/marketing: -0.3% American Oil& Gas (12): -5.0% 10) Retail/discount drug: -0.4% Rose’s Stores (4 7/8): -23.5% Source: Media General Financial Services