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 130,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Northern Oil and Gas

(AMEX:NOG)

11.55%

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels

(0.76%)

463 of 475

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Allied Irish Banks, plc. (ADR)

(NYSE:AIB)

9.81%

Commercial Banks

5.72%

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Other Five-Star Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels
Panhandle Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE:PHX) up 3.61%
Vanguard Natural Resources (NYSE:VNR) up 3.59%
Other Five-Star Commercial Banks
Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:ITU) down 0.27%
The Bank of Nova Scotia (USA) (NYSE:BNS) down 0.36%
Other Five-Star Trading Companies and Distributors
Interline Brands, Inc. (NYSE:IBI) up 3.64%
Wolseley plc (ADR)(Nasdaq Oth: WOSLY) up 2.63%