STOCK GROUP WINNERS AND LOSERS

Best- and worst-performing industries and companies in each group, with closing stock price, for the week ended Feb. 15. Only stocks trading for $1 or higher are included.

BEST PERFORMERS

1) Business equipment: +10.7%

Hunt Mfg (13 1/2): +17.4%

2) Credit: +8.8%

Cencor Inc (9 1/2): +16.9%

3) Hotels/motels/resorts: +6.7%

C. A. Short Internatl (5 3/4): +43.8%

4) Electrical equipment: +6.4%

Vader Group (2): +77.8%

5) Light machinery: +6.1%

Shopsmith (3 1/8): +25%

6) Electronics: +6%

Microsemi (1 13/16): +52.6%

7) Department stores: +5.9%

TJX (15 1/8): +16.35%

8) Distillers/brewers: +5.4%

Pavichevich (2): +33.3%

9) Real estate: +5.3%

Perini (15 1/2): +65.3%

10) Food/confections: +5.2%

MEI Diversified (5 3/8): +19.4%

WORST PERFORMERS

1) Leather shoes: -2.2%

Penobscot Shoe (2 7/8): -11.5%

2) Aerospace: -2.0%

Hexcel (9 7/8): -10.2%

3) Oil/natural gas services: -1.5%

Forest Oil (2 3/8): -34.8%

4) Oil refining/marketing: -1%

DWG (3 1/2): -12.5%

5) Apparel: -0.7%

YesClth (3 1/4): -23.5%

6) Oil/nat gas prod: -0.5%

Comstock (1 7/16): -11.5%

7) Railroads: +0.4%

Delaware Ostego (8 5/8): -4.2%

8) Rare metals: +0.4%

Internatl Absorbents (1 1/2): -14.3%

9) Rubber/plastic: +0.8%

Plastgn (1 1/4): -16.7%

10) Utilities/gas/oth: +1%

Chesapeake (12): -7.7%

Source: Media General Financial Services