Stock Group Winners and Losers

Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended FMarch 9. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS

1) Heavy machinery: +15.6%

CMI (1 1/2): +20%

2) Food: Confections: +6.2%

Imperial Holly (17 1/2): +8.5%

3) Cosmetics: +4.4%

Alfin (1 1/4): +25%

4) Credit: +3.9%

Ampal-Am Isreal (3 7/8): +6.9%

5) Real estate investing: +3.7%

Mortgage Realty Tr (2 3/4): +29.4%

6) Savings and loan: +3.6%

Coast Savings (7): +33.3%

7) Drug manufacturers: +3.4%

North Amer Vaccine (11 5/8): +36.8%

8) Health: +3.4%

Am Body Armor (2 1/2): +42.9%

9) Apparel: +3%

Conston (3 1/4): +18.2%

10) Food production: +2.9%

Curtice-Burns (13 5/8): +9%

WORST PERFORMERS

1) Meat, dairy products: -2.1%

Dreyers Ice Cream (27): -11.8%

2) Light equipment: -1.8%

Fed Screw (9): -10%

3) Rare metals: -1.7%

Firstmiss Gold (3 1/2): -9.7%

4) Metals/nonferrous coal: -1%

Granges (1 3/16): -13.6%

5) Non-electric utilities: -0.6%

Columbia Gas (15 1/4): -19.2%

6) Hotels, restaurants: -0.6%

Vicorp Restaurants (27 1/4): -12.8%

7) Automotive: -0.4%

Vector Aeromotive (1 3/16): -31.5%

8) Metals fabrication: -0.4%

Explosive Fabr (2 5/8): -27.6%

9) Paper, packaging: -0.1%

Gaylord Cont (3 5/8): -12.1%

10) Business equipment: -0.2%

Executone Info (1 1/16): -15%

Source: Media General Financial Services