Today's 5-Star Movers

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October 6, 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.

	Up Today	Sector	Sector Past 30 Days	Fools Saying Outperform	Research
Cresud, Inc. (ADR) (Nasdaq: CRESY)	7.32%	Food Products	5.06%	439 of 457	Research
Northwest Pipe Company (Nasdaq: NWPX)	6.07%	Construction and Engineering	10.95%	196 of 203	Research
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW)	5.69%	Energy Equipment and Services	12.16%	1941 of 1959	Research

Other Five-Star Food Products: Zhongpin Inc. (OTC BB: HOGS) up 2.60%; AgFeed Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEED) up 2.13%
Other Five-Star Construction and Engineering: KHD Humboldt Wedag International Limited (NYSE: KHD) up 5.06%; Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Nasdaq: FWLT) up 2.65%
Other Five-Star Energy Equipment and Services: Petroleum Geo-Services ASA(OTC BB: PGSVY) up 7.22%; Rowan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: RDC) up 5.18%

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ATW	$38.28		+1.29	+3.49%
Atwood Oceanics, I…		CAPS Rating:

FEED	$4.98		+0.69	+16.08%
AGFEED INDUSTRIES,…		CAPS Rating:

CRESY	$14.05		+0.62	+4.62%
Cresud, Inc. (ADR)		CAPS Rating:

KHD	$11.92		+0.34	+2.94%
KHD Humboldt Wedag…		CAPS Rating:

RDC	$25.41		+0.86	+3.50%
Rowan Companies, I…		CAPS Rating:

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