Stock Group Winners and Losers

Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended Jan. 3. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS 1) Automotive: +9.2% Envirosource (2 1/4): +28.6% 2) Retail/apparel: +6.9% Wiener Enterprises (1 7/8): +50.0% 3) Electronics: +6.7% Diceon Electronics (2 1/4): +63.6% 4) Real estate: +6.2% Interstate General (4 1/8): +43.5% 5) Retail/department stores: +6.0% JG Industries (1 3/8): +22.2% 6) Metals/iron/steel: +5.5% Talley Industries (4 1/4): +30.8% 7) Precision instruments: +5.1% Vikonics (6 1/4): +35.1% 8) Recreation/movies/sports: +5.1% Cineplex Odeon (2 7/8): +43.8% 9) Recreation/broadcasting: +4.7% Osborn Comm. (3 1/2): +40.0% 10) Machinery/light equipment: +4.7% Cnsldtd. Amer (1 11/16): +22/7%

WORST PERFORMERS 1) Credit: -0.6% Sallie Mae voting (64 3/4): -5.5% 2) Utilities/gas/others: -0.2% Southwest Water (12 3/4): -9.0% 3) Personal Services: +1.0% Walker International (1 1/4): -16.7% 4) Utilities/electric: +1.1% United Thermal (1): -20.0% 5) Real estate investment: +1.5% CCR (1 1/2): -29.4% 6) Banking: +1.7% Loan American Fin. (4 7/8): -25.0% 7) Food/meats/dairy: +1.8% Steve’s Homemade (2 5/8): -14.3% 8) Railroads: +1.9% Gulf & Mississippi (1 1/2): -20.0% 9) Food production: +2.1% Action Products (3 5/8): -9.4% 10) Metals/coal: +2.2% O’okiep Copper (7): -17.7% Source: Media General Financial Services