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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Dynamic Materials Corp

(NASDAQ:BOOM)

12.07%

Machinery

(9.52%)

1371 of 1401

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Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc.

(NYSE:ALY)

10.24%

Energy Equipment and Services

(15.98%)

691 of 708

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Alumina Limited (ADR)

(NYSE:AWC)

8.65%

Metals and Mining

(11.89%)

173 of 180

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Other Five-Star Machinery
Trimas Corp (NYSE:TRS) up 8.26%
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. (NYSE:AP) up 7.27%
Other Five-Star Energy Equipment and Services
Seadrill Limited(OTC BB: SDRLF) up 6.42%
RPC, Inc. (NYSE:RES) up 5.98%
Other Five-Star Metals and Mining
Sutor Technology Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SUTR) up 11.37%
Mechel OAO (ADR) (NYSE:MTL) up 8.96%

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