Market watch : weekly scorecard : stock group winners & losers

Market watch : weekly scorecard : stock group winners & losers


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Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for week ended Feb. 2. BEST PERFORMERS 1) Oil & gas services: +5.2% GW Utilities (28 1/8):


+59.6% 2) Tobacco: +3.4% Amer. Filtrona (26 1/4): +7.1% 3) Oil refining/mktg.: +3.3% Phillips Petrol. (25 5/8): +10.8% 4) Food: confections .+3.2% Savannah Foods (26 1/4): +5.0% 5)


Broadcasting: +3.2% CBS (189): +9.6% 6) Building (heavy construc.): +2.9% Foster Wheeler (23 3/4): +11.1% 7) Communications: +2.8% Vicom Inc. (3/16): +50.0% 8) Housewares/furnishings .+2.7%


Koala Technol. (3/16): +50.0% 9) Business services: +2.4% Orfa America (11/32): +37.5% 10) Food: packed goods: +2.3% Vie de France (2 1/8): +13.3% WORST PERFORMERS 1) Airlines: -5.0% UAL


Corp. (130 1/2): -13.0% 2) Shoes/leather: -2.7% Empire-Orr ( 1/8): -20.0% 3) Business equip.: -2.3% Syntrex (1-1/16) .-19.1% 4) Real estate investment: -1.4% Fst. Continental (9/32): -43.8%


5) Electronics: -1.3% Ragen Corp. (11/32): -33.3% 6) Real estate (gen.): -1.1% Pres. Realty B (3 1/2): -42.9% 7) Electrical equip.: -1.1% Ault Inc. (1 3/8): -21.4% 8) Personal services:


-0.9% Natl. Education (4 1/2): -23.4% 9) Drugstore chains: -0.1% Retailing Corp. (1 1/4): -27.3% 10) Publishing: -0.1% John Wiley A (43 1/2): -14.7% _ Source: Media General Financial


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