Today's 5-Star Movers
By
Motley Fool Staff
August 5, 2008
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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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Up Today
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Sector
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Sector Past 30 Days
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Fools Saying Outperform
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Research
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II-VI, Inc.
 (Nasdaq: IIVI)
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13.08%
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Scientific & Technical Instruments
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3.40%
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1,188 of 1,207
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Research
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Cutera, Inc.
 (Nasdaq: CUTR)
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12.60%
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Medical Appliances & Equipment
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5.53%
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125 of 131
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Research
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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.
 (NYSE: HPY)
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12.15%
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Business Services
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2.69%
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314 of 327
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Research
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Other Five-Star Scientific & Technical Instruments
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Rofin-Sinar Technologies (Nasdaq: RSTI) up 5.19%
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Hurco Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HURC) up 4.34%
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Other Five-Star Medical Appliances & Equipment
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Synergetics USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: SURG) up 3.10%
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Somanetics Corp (Nasdaq: SMTS) up 2.29%
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Other Five-Star Business Services
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First Advantage Corp (Nasdaq: FADV) up 6.43%
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Net 1 Ueps Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: UEPS) up 3.31%
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