Stock Group Winners and Losers

Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended Dec. 27. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS

1) Credit: +13.8%

Primerica (39 3/8): +16.2%

2) Shoes/leather: +11.2%

Stride Rite (29 5/8): +13.9%

3) Savings and loan: +10.5%

CalFed (2): +33.3%

4) Real estate investment: +10.0%

CleveTrust (2 1/4): +28.6%

5) Building: +8.3%

Hovnanian (9 5/8): +40.0%

6) Paper/packaging: +7.8%

Stone Container (24 5/8): +17.3%

7) Business data processing: +7.6%

Mirror Technologies (1 3/4): +40.0%

8) Airlines: +7.6%

USAir (12 1/4): +19.5%

9) Textiles/apparel: +7.3%

Quicksilver (7 3/8): +18.0%

10) Freight/shipping: +7.2%

BT Shipping (7 1/4): +26.1%

WORST PERFORMERS

1) Oil refining/marketing: +0.2%

El Paso Refinery (8 1/8): -18.8%

2) Metals/rare: +0.6%

Agnico Eagle (3 1/2): -6.7%

3) Housewares/furniture: +1.6%

Frenchtex (2): -20.0%

4) Distillers/brewers: +2.1%

Canandaigua (15 1/2): -3.9%

5) Utilities/electric: +2.2%

Otter Tail Power (30): -7.0%

6) Oil/natural gas production: +2.7%

Allegheny & West (4): -8.6%

7) Oil/natural gas services: +3.1%

Sunlite (3 1/4): -27.8%

8) Utilities/gas/others: +3.1%

Chesapeake Utility (12 1/4): -9.3%

9) Textile manufacturing: +3.2%

Cami Z (2 3/8): -13.6%

10) Retail/department stores: +3.7%

Bon-Ton Stores (10 1/2): -8.7%

Source: Media General Financial Services