Today's 5-Star Movers
By
Motley Fool Staff
August 13, 2009
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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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Fools Saying Outperform
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Harvard Bioscience  (Nasdaq: HBIO)
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7.42%
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Life Sciences Tools and Services
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14.07%
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Vimpel-Communications JSC (ADR)
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7.13%
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Diversified Telecommunication Services
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10.88%
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Syneron Medical  (Nasdaq: ELOS)
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6.90%
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Health Care Equipment and Supplies
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12.05%
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Other Five-Star Life Sciences Tools and Services Stocks: - ICON plc (ADR ) (Nasdaq: ICLR), up 0.88%
- Covance (NYSE: CVD), up 0.51%
Other Five-Star Diversified Telecommunication Services Stocks: - Hellenic Telecommunications S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: OTE), up 3.10%
- Telefonos de Mexico, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: TMX), up 2.67%
Other Five-Star Health Care Equipment and Supplies Stocks: - STAAR Surgical (Nasdaq: STAA), up 3.62%
- HealthTronics (Nasdaq: HTRN), up 2.92%
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