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 115,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (ADR)

(NYSE:MTE)

10.00%

Telecom Services - Foreign

(20.55%)

254 of 260

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Central Fund of Canada Limited (USA)

(AMEX:CEF)

6.73%

Closed-End Fund - Foreign

(27.04%)

460 of 470

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Somanetics Corp

(NASDAQ:SMTS)

6.42%

Medical Appliances & Equipment

(18.62%)

188 of 197

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Other Five-Star Telecom Services - Foreign
Cia de Telecom de Chile SA (ADR) (NYSE:CTC) up 2.08%
Hutchison Telecom Intl. Limited (ADR) (NYSE:HTX) up 0.14%
Other Five-Star Closed-End Fund - Foreign
The India Fund, Inc. (NYSE:IFN) down 1.40%
Taiwan Greater China Fund (NYSE:TFC) down 1.88%
Other Five-Star Medical Appliances & Equipment
Synergetics USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:SURG) up 11.19%
Shamir Optical Industry Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHMR) up 7.64%