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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Northgate Minerals Corp (USA)

(AMEX:NXG)

12.69%

Gold

(13.53%)

1394 of 1442

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Central Fund of Canada Limited (USA)

(AMEX:CEF)

9.38%

Closed-End Fund - Foreign

(14.53%)

384 of 391

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Vector Group Ltd.

(NYSE:VGR)

8.22%

Cigarettes

7.92%

209 of 215

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Other Five-Star Closed-End Fund - Foreign
Spain Fund, Inc. (NYSE:SNF) up 1.67%
FIRST ISRAEL FD, Inc. (AMEX:ISL) up 0.15%
Other Five-Star Cigarettes
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE:ITY) no change
Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) down 1.79%