Today's 5-Star Movers (EROC, TCK)

Today's 5-Star Movers

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January 5, 2009 | 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
First Quantum Minerals (OTC BB: FQVLF.PK)	21.04%	Metals and Mining	41.66%	18 of 21	Research
Teck Cominco (USA) (NYSE: TCK)	19.16%	Metals and Mining	41.66%	934 of 949	Research
Eagle Rock Energy Partners (Nasdaq: EROC)	16.14%	Oil, Gas, and Consumable Fuels	12.62%	86 of 91	Research

Other Five-Star Metals and Mining:

Connacher Oil & Gas (OTC BB: CLLZF.PK) up 10.37%
China Precision Steel (Nasdaq: CPSL) up 7.35%

Other Five-Star Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels:

Gastar Exploration (USA) (AMEX: GST) up 38.10%
TXCO Resources (Nasdaq: TXCO) up 32.00%

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TCK	$34.55		-0.75	-2.12%
Teck Resources Lim…		CAPS Rating:

GST	$4.53		+0.06	+1.34%
Gastar Exploration…		CAPS Rating:

CPSL	$2.19		-0.02	-0.91%
China Precision St…		CAPS Rating:

TXCO	$0.24		+0.00	+0.00%
TXCO Resources, In…		CAPS Rating:

EROC	$4.72		+0.12	+2.62%
Eagle Rock Energy…		CAPS Rating:

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