Today's 5-Star Movers

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May 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 130,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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IPC The Hospitalist

(Nasdaq: IPCM)

16.27%

Health-Care Providers and Services

19.43%

51 of 54

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ASM International N.V. (USA)

(Nasdaq: ASMI)

16.26%

Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment

16.49%

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Orbotech Ltd.

(Nasdaq: ORBK)

14.04%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components

22.59%

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Other Five-Star Health-Care Providers and Services
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) up 3.37%
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE: CVH) up 1.71%
Other Five-Star Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment
Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (ADR) (Nasdaq: ACTS) up 2.41%
IXYS Corp (Nasdaq: IXYS) down 0.10%
Other Five-Star Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components
Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: NTE) up 2.97%
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (NYSE: MTD) up 0.57%

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