Today's 5-Star Movers

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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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Metalico, Inc.

(AMEX: MEA)

13.40%

Steel & Iron

(20.37%)

1047 of 1073

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China Medical Technologies, Inc. (ADR)

(Nasdaq: CMED)

9.39%

Medical Instruments & Supplies

(5.84%)

1092 of 1120

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International Royalty Corp

(AMEX: ROY)

9.17%

Nonmetallic Mineral Mining

(15.52%)

188 of 198

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Other Five-Star Steel & Iron
POSCO (ADR) (NYSE: PKX) up 2.43%
Insteel Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: IIIN) up 2.29%
Other Five-Star Medical Instruments & Supplies
The Aristotle Corp (Nasdaq: ARTL) up 5.41%
Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE) up 4.49%

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ARTL $6.00 Up +0.49 +8.89%
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IIIN $10.93 Up +0.01 +0.09%
Insteel Industries… CAPS Rating: ****
MEA $3.99 Up +0.01 +0.25%
Metalico, Inc. CAPS Rating: *****
PKX $117.74 Up +5.29 +4.70%
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