Stock Group Winners and Losers

Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended August 16. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS

1) Savings and loan: +5.5%

Great Lakes Bcp (11): +923.3%

2) Banking: +3.8%

Security Pacific (34 1/8): +48.4%

3) Leather shoes: +3.6%

G-III (5 3/8): +43.3%

4) Food production: +2.9%

Utd Foods B (1 3/4): +16.7%

5) Precision instruments: +2.3%

Research Frontiers (8 7/8): +34%

6) Cosmetics: +1.7%

Ross (14 1/2): +38.1%

7) Recreation: +1.6%

Wellington Leisure: (6) +20%

8) Apparel: +1.4%

Oak Hill Sptsware: (3 1/4) +18.2%

9) Department stores: +1.2%

Carter Hawley (2 3/8): +46.2%

10) Communications: +1.1%

Synoptics Comm (28 1/4): +13%

WORST PERFORMERS

1) Business equipment: -4.4%

Escalade (3): -14.3%

2) Airlines: -4%

British Airways: (29 1/4) -7.9%

3) Electronics: -3%

Qume (1 3/16): -24%

4) Personal services: -2.9%

Margo Nursery (1 3/8): -21.4%

5) Real estate: -2.7%

Kroger Props (1 3/4): -39.1%

6) Clothing stores: -2.5%

Hartmarx (8 1/4): -10.8%

7) Automotive: -2.5%

Athey Prods (4 7/8): -15.2%

8) Home furnishings: -2.1%

Eljer Inds (7 1/8): -26%

9) Heavy construction: -2.1%

Randers Group (1 3/8): -31.3%

10) Electrical equipment: -1.9%

Research Inc. (3 3/4): -21.1%

Source: Media General Financial Services