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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Amkor Technology, Inc.

(NASDAQ:AMKR)

8.71%

Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment

1.16%

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China Security & Surveillance Tech., Inc.

(NYSE:CSR)

7.95%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components

8.97%

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Belden, Inc.

(NYSE:BDC)

7.12%

Electrical Equipment

7.33%

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Other Five-Star Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment
IXYS Corp (NASDAQ:IXYS) up 7.70%
ASM International N.V. (USA) (NASDAQ:ASMI) up 7.04%
Other Five-Star Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components
Brightpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:CELL) up 6.64%
Rofin-Sinar Technologies (NASDAQ:RSTI) up 3.95%
Other Five-Star Electrical Equipment
Preformed Line Products Company (NASDAQ:PLPC) up 3.79%
Vestas Wind Systems(Nasdaq Oth: VWSYF) up 3.71%