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Stock Market Leaders and Laggards

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Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended Feb. 14. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included. BEST PERFORMERS

1) Metals/nonferrous coal +4.5% Magma Copper (8 3/8) +45.7% 2) Publishing +3.9% Marvel Entertainment (66) +20.6% 3) Machinery/heavy +3.8% Wean United (4 3/4) +111.1% 4) Freight/shipping +3.1% Europa Cruises (3 7/16) +37.5% 5) Airlines +2.5% British Airways (45) +12.5% 6) Metals/fabrication +2.5% Met-Coil (2 5/8) +50.0% 7) Building +2.4% Omega Environ (3 3/4) +57.9% 8) Communications +2.0% Celutel Cl A (3 3/4) +58.0% 9) Housewares/furniture +1.6% Salem Carpets (8 3/16) +48.9% 10) Paper/packaging +1.5% Brady W.H. A (36) +13.4%

WORST PERFORMERS

1) Business equipment -4.4% Visual Indus. (1) -33.3% 2) Cosmetic/personal -3.8% Atrix Labs (12 1/4) -15.5% 3)Personal services -3.4% Concorde Career Coll. (1 5/8) -23.5% 4) Drug manufacturing -3.2% MGI Pharmaceuticals (13) -23.5% 5) Textile manufacturing -3.0% Innovo Group (9) -14.3% 6) Health -2.8% Xsirius Supercon. (1) -33.3% 7) Aerospace -2.1% Boeing (46 1/8) -7.1% 8) Distillers/brewers -2.0% Adolph Coors (19 1/8) -9.0% 9) Real estate -1.9% Linpro Specified (1) -27.3% 10) Metals/rare -1.6% Leadville (1 3/4) -17.7%

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Source: Media General Financial Services

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