Stock Group Winners and Losers

Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended Dec. 20. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS 1) Cosmetics/personal: +5.4% Ross Cosmetics (22 1/2): +30.4% 2) Food/confections: +5.2% PepsiCo (33 1/8): +6.4% 3) Food production: +2.7% Action Products (4 3/8): +9.4% 4) Metals/fabrication: +2.7% Wyman-Gordon (4 1/8): +13.8% 5) Building/heavy: +2.1% Modtech (3 1/2): +55.6% 6) Food/packed goods: +2.0% Grist Mill (9 7/8): +16.2% 7) Rubber/plastics: +2.0% A.E.P. Industries (11 1/4): +21.6% 8) Food/meats/dairy: +2.0% A&A; Foods (4 1/8): +17.9% 9) Drug manufacturers: +1.6% Systemix (53): +59.4% 10) Shoes/leather: +1.6% Hyde Athletic (5 1/4): +16.7%

WORST PERFORMERS 1) Retail/apparel: -5.8% Evans (1 1/4): -37.5% 2) Retail/department stores: -4.2% JG Industries (1 1/8): -30.8% 3) Textiles/apparel: -4.0% Farah (6 5/8): -15.9% 4) Metals/iron/steel: -4.0% Steel of West Virginia (1 7/8): -16.7% 5) Metals/rare: -3.7% Golden Knight (7 1/4): -14.7% 6) Oil/Natural Gas Production: -3.5% Hondo Oil&Gas; (13): -24.1% 7) Automotive: -3.5% Envirosource (1 5/8): -23.5% 8) Retail/food stores: -2.4% Eagle Food Centers (6 1/4): -13.8% 9) Electronics: -2.3% Pico Products (1 1/8): -35.7% 10) Recreation/luxury: -2.3% Direct Connect (1): -20.% Source: Media General Financial Services