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 86,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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II-VI, Inc.

(NASDAQ:IIVI)

13.08%

Scientific & Technical Instruments

3.40%

1,188 of 1,207

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Cutera, Inc.

(NASDAQ:CUTR)

12.60%

Medical Appliances & Equipment

5.53%

125 of 131

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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

(NYSE:HPY)

12.15%

Business Services

2.69%

314 of 327

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Other Five-Star Scientific & Technical Instruments
Rofin-Sinar Technologies (NASDAQ:RSTI) up 5.19%
Hurco Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HURC) up 4.34%
Other Five-Star Medical Appliances & Equipment
Synergetics USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:SURG) up 3.10%
Somanetics Corp (NASDAQ:SMTS) up 2.29%
Other Five-Star Business Services
First Advantage Corp (NASDAQ:FADV) up 6.43%
Net 1 Ueps Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:UEPS) up 3.31%