Today's 5-Star Movers

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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 105,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Sector

Sector Past 30 Days

Fools Saying Outperform

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MetroGAS S.A. (ADR)

(NYSE: MGS)

14.95%

Foreign Utilities

0.53%

145 of 147

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Nordson Corp

(Nasdaq: NDSN)

11.97%

Diversified Machinery

6.70%

70 of 74

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Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp.

(Nasdaq: MEMY)

9.30%

Biotechnology

3.37%

81 of 86

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Other Five-Star Foreign Utilities
Huaneng Power International (NYSE: HNP) up 3.50%
Companhia de Saneamento Basico (NYSE: SBS) up 1.63%
Other Five-Star Diversified Machinery
Middleby (Nasdaq: MIDD) up 2.28%
Actuant (NYSE: ATU) up 1.58%
Other Five-Star Biotechnology
Titan Pharmaceuticals (AMEX: TTP) up 2.14%
Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) up 2.09%

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11/24/2009 9:30 AM
MGS $1.86 Down +0.00 +0.00%
MetroGAS S.A. (ADR… CAPS Rating: ****
NDSN $55.40 Down -0.66 -1.18%
Nordson Corp CAPS Rating: *****
MIDD $46.03 Down -0.33 -0.71%
The Middleby Corp CAPS Rating: *****
HNP $25.60 Down -0.57 -2.18%
Huaneng Power Inte… CAPS Rating: *****
GILD $46.68 Down -0.33 -0.70%
Gilead Sciences, I… CAPS Rating: *****
ATU $16.42 Down -0.12 -0.73%
Actuant Corp CAPS Rating: ****
MEMY $0.61 Down +0.00 +0.00%
MEMORY PHARMACEUTI… CAPS Rating: *****

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