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 96,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Netlist, Inc.

(NASDAQ:NLST)

16.54%

Semiconductor- Memory Chips

15.77%

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Orbital Sciences Corp.

(NYSE:ORB)

9.75%

Aerospace/Defense Products & Services

6.73%

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McMoRan Exploration Co.

(NYSE:MMR)

9.75%

Independent Oil & Gas

19.24%

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Other Five-Star Aerospace/Defense Products & Services
TransDigm Group (NYSE:TDG) up 1.46%
BE Aerospace (NASDAQ:BEAV) up 0.35%
Other Five-Star Independent Oil & Gas
Gulfport Energy (NASDAQ:GPOR) up 3.45%
TransGlobe Energy (NASDAQ:TGA) up 2.43%