Today's 5-Star Movers

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September 3, 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 140,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Sector

Sector Past 30 Days

Fools Saying Outperform

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Xinyuan Real Estate

(NYSE: XIN)

12.03%

Real Estate Management and Development

(0.01%)

373 of 386

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RPC, Inc.

(NYSE: RES)

6.70%

Energy Equipment and Services

(3.83%)

334 of 348

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Other Five-Star Real Estate Management and Development
IRSA Inversiones Representaciones (ADR) (NYSE: IRS) up 2.99%
Henderson Land Development (ADR)(OTC BB: HLDCY) up 2.39%
Other Five-Star Energy Equipment and Services
Pride International, Inc. (NYSE: PDE) up 4.67%
CGG Veritas (ADR) (NYSE: CGV) up 3.62%

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