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 135,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Siliconware Precision Industries (ADR)

(NASDAQ:SPIL)

4.72%

Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment

2.16%

589 of 606

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MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.

(NYSE:MSM)

3.94%

Trading Companies and Distributors

3.36%

472 of 484

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Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

(NYSE:VAR)

3.55%

Health-Care Equipment and Supplies

7.81%

362 of 374

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Other Five-Star Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment
FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) up 1.33%
Intellon (NASDAQ:ITLN) up 0.66%
Other Five-Star Trading Companies and Distributors
Wolseley plc (ADR)(OTC BB: WOSLY) no change
Aceto Corp (NASDAQ:ACET) down 1.46%
Other Five-Star Health-Care Equipment and Supplies
Bovie Medical Corp (AMEX:BVX) down 0.89%
Natus Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:BABY) down 1.04%

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