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 125,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

(NYSE:MMC)

16.62%

Insurance

(14.19%)

265 of 284

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TEKELEC

(NASDAQ:TKLC)

12.50%

Communications Equipment

(5.15%)

44 of 49

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Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited

(NYSE:IR)

12.01%

Machinery

(11.65%)

1052 of 1080

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Other Five-Star Insurance
Amerisafe, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSF) up 4.13%
Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:FSR) up 3.62%
Other Five-Star Communications Equipment
ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) up 5.01%
DG FastChannel, Inc. (NASDAQ:DGIT) up 4.10%
Other Five-Star Machinery
MFRI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MFRI) up 8.27%
Trimas Corp (NYSE:TRS) up 7.19%