Today's 5-Star Movers

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June 18, 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 135,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Sector Past 30 Days

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The J.M. Smucker Company

(NYSE: SJM)

8.20%

Food Products

6.97%

321 of 333

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VanceInfo Tech

(NYSE: VIT)

5.50%

Software

7.74%

164 of 169

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Telecom Corp of New Zealand (ADR)

(NYSE: NZT)

4.93%

Diversified Telecommunication Services

5.67%

247 of 264

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Other Five-Star Food Products
ZHONGPIN INC.(OTC BB: HOGS) up 3.15%
AgFeed Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEED) up 2.74%
Other Five-Star Software
ePlus, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLUS) up 2.81%
CHINA Public Sec. Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPBY) up 2.63%
Other Five-Star Diversified Telecommunication Services
Telkom SA Limited (ADR) (NYSE: TKG) up 2.99%
Vimpel-Communications JSC (ADR) (NYSE: VIP) up 2.47%

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VIT $21.04 Down -0.59 -2.73%
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