MONEY SAVVY WEEKEND : Leading the Market Slide

The Dow Jones industrial has tumbled more than 1,000 points, or 8.9%, since peaking one month ago. But some market sectors have been hit much harder--notably, some consumer-products companies whose sales and earnings are suffering despite strong consumer spending in general. Here are the industry sectors in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index that have fallen the most over the last month, through Thursday:

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Stock group One-month decline Major losers Housewares -27.1% Newell Rubbermaid, -34% Furniture/appliances -26.2 Maytag, -47 Textile makers -21.8 Fruit of the Loom, -43 Apparel retailers -18.5 Gap, -24 Bottle/can makers -17.9 Owens-Illinois -20 Pollution control -16.7 Allied Waste, -23 Cosmetics -16.6 Gillette, -17 Aerospace -16.6 Raytheon, -35 Life insurance -16.5 Conseco, -28 Chemicals -16.1 Hercules, -24

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Source: Bloomberg News