Today's 5-Star Movers

By Motley Fool Staff April 25, 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 99,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

Up Today

Sector

Sector Past 30 Days

Fools Saying Outperform

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Trimble Navigation Limited

(Nasdaq: TRMB)

16.96%

Scientific & Technical Instruments

2.04%

323 of 333

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Southwestern Energy Company

(NYSE: SWN)

15.91%

Independent Oil & Gas

15.18%

374 of 395

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Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

(Nasdaq: IBKR)

10.48%

Investment Brokerage - National

0.02%

190 of 197

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Other Five-Star Scientific & Technical Instruments
ThermoGenesis (Nasdaq: KOOL) up 4.23%
II-VI (Nasdaq: IIVI) up 3.08%
Other Five-Star Independent Oil & Gas
Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) up 5.59%
Ultra Petroleum (AMEX: UPL) up 5.41%
Other Five-Star Investment Brokerage - National
FCStone Group (Nasdaq: FCSX) up 2.30%
optionsXpress (Nasdaq: OXPS) up 0.90%

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