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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Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd

(NYSE:EXM)

15.31%

Marine

(18.21%)

1784 of 1847

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USEC, Inc.

(NYSE:USU)

9.25%

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels

(13.73%)

1233 of 1279

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Lonmin

(OTC BB: LNMIY)

8.84%

Metals and Mining

(13.84%)

42 of 48

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Other Five-Star Marine
TBS International Limited (NASDAQ:TBSI) up 7.87%
Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NM) up 4.63%
Other Five-Star Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels
VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EGY) up 4.33%
PetroQuest Energy, Inc. (NYSE:PQ) up 3.82%
Other Five-Star Metals and Mining
Northgate Minerals Corp (USA) (AMEX:NXG) up 5.24%
GENERAL STL Holdings (NYSE:GSI) up 4.81%

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