Stock Market Leaders and Laggards

Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended Jan. 17. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS 1) Metals/nonferrous coal: +9.4% Montana Precision (1 3/4): +64.7% 2) Heavy construction: +6.8% McDermott Int (19 3/8): +19.2% 3) Building: +6.4% Enviroq (4): +33.3% 4) Aerospace: +5.9% TransTechnol (8): +28% 5) Electrical equipment: +5.9% Ault Inc. (3 5/8): +61.1% 6) Heavy machinery: +5.6% Gencor Ind (5): +81.8% 7) Light equipment: +5.5% Am Consumer (4 1/2): +38.5% 8) Metals fabrication: +5.5% Met-Coil Sys (1 1/2): +33.3% 9) Oil, gas services: +5.4% Mallon Rscs (5): +110.5% 10) Oil, gas products: +5.1% Harken Energy (5 5/8): +40.6%

WORST PERFORMERS 1) Drug manufacturers: -5.6% Utah Medical Prods (20 1/8): -16.2% 2) Cosmetics: -5.5% Genzyme (56 1/4): -10.4% 3) Health: -4.1% Quidel Cp (4 3/8): -23.9% 4) Food: confections: -3.9% San Carlos (1 1/2): -14.3% 5) Real estate investing: -3.5% TCS Enterprises (4 1/8): -17.5% 6) Electric utilities: -2.8% O’Brien Environ (4 1/8): -8.3% 7) Food: packed goods: -2.2% Grist Mill (10 1/8): -9% 8) Tobacco: -2.1% Philip Morris (76 3/4): -3.9% 9) Food production: -2% Universal Foods (33 1/8): -14.2% 10) Distillers/brewers: -2% Genesee (40 1/2): -6.9% Source: Media General Financial Services