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Today's 5-Star Movers

By Motley Fool Staff
December 5, 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 120,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

	Up Today	Sector	Sector Past 30 Days	Fools Saying Outperform	Research
Liquidity Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: LQDT)	16.85%	Internet Software and Services	(15.04%)	141 of 152	Research
MetroGAS S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: MGS)	10.39%	Gas Utilities	(8.05%)	176 of 181	Research
Houston Wire & Cable Company (Nasdaq: HWCC)	8.15%	Trading Companies and Distributors	(21.52%)	416 of 433	Research

Other Five-Star Internet Software and Services: CryptoLogic Limited (USA) (Nasdaq: CRYP) up 4.39%; PHOTOCHANNEL NETWORKS, Inc.(OTCBB: PNWIF) up 3.60%
Other Five-Star Gas Utilities: Star Gas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SGU) up 1.53%; EnergySouth, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSI) no change
Other Five-Star Trading Companies and Distributors: Empire Resources, Inc. (AMEX: ERS) up 1.82%; Huttig Building Products, Inc. (NYSE: HBP) no change

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