Today's 5-Star Movers

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August 14, 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 115,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Sector Past 30 Days

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North American Energy Partners, Inc.(USA)

(NYSE: NOA)

11.45%

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

(5.69%)

109 of 111

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Indevus Pharmaceuticals

(Nasdaq: IDEV)

8.56%

Biotechnology

12.06%

159 of 166

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The9 Limited (ADR)

(Nasdaq: NCTY)

8.43%

Gaming Activities

12.85%

888 of 913

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Other Five-Star Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Trico Marine Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRMA) up 2.55%
Willbros Group, Inc. (NYSE: WG) up 1.17%
Other Five-Star Biotechnology
Critical Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRTX) up 2.97%
Martek Biosciences Corp. (Nasdaq: MATK) up 1.85%

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3/23/2009 4:00 PM
IDEV $5.60 Down +0.00 +0.00%
Indevus Pharmaceut… CAPS Rating: ***
NOA $6.29 Down -0.12 -1.87%
North American Ene… CAPS Rating: *****
TRMA $5.66 Up +0.21 +3.85%
Trico Marine Servi… CAPS Rating: *****
CRTX $6.07 Up +0.30 +5.20%
Cornerstone Therap… CAPS Rating: ****
WG $16.06 Down -0.13 -0.80%
Willbros Group, In… CAPS Rating: ***
NCTY $7.55 Up +0.06 +0.80%
The9 Limited (ADR) CAPS Rating: ****
MATK $18.01 Down -0.10 -0.55%
Martek Biosciences… CAPS Rating: ****

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