Today's 5-Star Movers

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March 28, 2008 | Comments (0)

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As fundamentals-focused long-term investors, Fools never base an investment decision on the daily gyrations of the market. But the market's daily price movements can be useful when looking for new stock ideas for further research, or to keep tabs on watch-list stocks.

Below you'll find today's biggest movers among our five-star stocks -- the highest rating awarded by our CAPS community of more than 86,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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CNOOC Limited (ADR)

(NYSE: CEO)

6.94%

Independent Oil & Gas

-2.34%

800 of 821

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Ebix, Inc.

(Nasdaq: EBIX)

4.86%

Business Software & Services

-3.81%

94 of 98

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Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

(NYSE: HLX)

4.83%

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

-3.13%

685 of 695

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Other Five-Star Independent Oil & Gas
Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE: CPE) up 3.30%
VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY) up 2.40%
Other Five-Star Business Software & Services
Patni Computer Systems Limited (ADR) (NYSE: PTI) up 3.05%
Synaptics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNA) up 2.15%
Other Five-Star Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: BAS) up 3.65%
Willbros Group, Inc. (NYSE: WG) up 2.22%

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