Stock Group Winners and Losers

Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended Nov. 8 Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS

1) Retail/apparel: +5.9% Gantos (10 3/8): +11.2%

2) Cosmetic/personal: +5.2% MEM Co. (7): +51.4%

3) Retail-discount/drug: +4.2% Pamida Holdings (3 3/4): +36.4%

4) Shoes/leather: +2.9% Barry (3 1/4): +8.3%

5) Retail/department: +2.7% Nordstrom (38 7/8): +8.0%

6) Food production: +2.5% Northland Cranberries (8): +18.5%

7) Retail/miscellaneous: +2.4% Chempower (4 1/4): +30.8%

8) Rubber/plastics: +2.2% Alpine Group (6 3/4): +17.4%

9) Recreation/luxury: +2.0% Gamma (2 1/2): +25%

10) Food/packed goods: +1.9% Vie de France (2 9/16): +13.9%

WORST PERFORMERS 1) Savings & loan: -2.9% Glenfed (4 1/2): -29.4%

2) Automotive: -2.3% Defiance (1): -15.8%

3) Recreation: -2% Northwest Teleprod (4): -27.3%

4) Business equipment: -1.8% Auto-Trol (2): -20%

5) Airlines: -1.5% PS Group (34 5/8): -8.9%

6) Metals fabrication: -1.5% American Locker (3 1/4): -23.5%

7) Building: -1.1% LSB Industries (1 3/8): -21.4%

8) Utilities: -1.0% Sonat (37 1/2): -9.1%

9) Building/heavy: -1.0% Robertson-Ceco (2 1/8): -10.5%

10) Foods/meat/dairy: -0.9% Galaxy Cheese (1 3/4): -22.2%

Source: Media General Financial Services