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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TransAlta Corp (USA)

(NYSE:TAC)

4.38%

Electric Utilities

(21.45%)

41 of 46

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Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

(NASDAQ:MMSI)

3.37%

Medical Instruments & Supplies

(17.04%)

67 of 72

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Genentech, Inc.

(NYSE:DNA)

2.97%

Biotechnology

(18.25%)

1745 of 1840

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Other Five-Star Electric Utilities
The Southern Company (NYSE:SO) down 2.96%
Otter Tail Corp (NASDAQ:OTTR) down 3.02%
Other Five-Star Medical Instruments & Supplies
Osteotech, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTE) up 4.81%
Utah Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:UTMD) up 0.37%
Other Five-Star Biotechnology
Heska Corp (NASDAQ:HSKA) up 6.25%
Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ:MEMY) up 4.17%