Today's 5-Star Movers

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December 23, 2008 | Comments (0)

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 125,000 investors and growing. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

Company	Up Today	Sector	Sector Past 30 Days	Fools Saying Outperform	Research
Lukoil (OTC BB: LUKOY)	13.24%	Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels	10.26%	198 of 198	Research
Euroseas Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESEA )	11.67%	Marine	51.83%	699 of 722	Research
Met-Pro Corp (NYSE: MPR )	10.83%	Machinery	24.57%	83 of 85	Research

Other Five-Star Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels: JNR Resources up 15.95%; Strathmore Minerals up 7.39%
Other Five-Star Marine: Navios Maritime Holding up 3.60%; Danaos up 2.14%
Other Five-Star Machinery: Lydall up 6.45%; MFRI up 5.05%

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