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 140,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

Up Today

Sector

Sector Past 30 Days

Fools Saying Outperform

Research

Patriot Coal Corp.

(NYSE:PCX)

13.32%

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels

6.05%

710 of 743

Research

Carpenter Technology Corp

(NYSE:CRS)

8.56%

Metals and Mining

6.53%

421 of 441

Research

Centene Corp

(NYSE:CNC)

7.27%

Health-Care Providers and Services

0.17%

131 of 147

Research

Other Five-Star Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels
Gushan Environmental Energy (NYSE:GU) up 3.36%
Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:HNR) up 3.07%
Other Five-Star Metals and Mining
Timminco(OTC BB: TIMNF) up 0.72%
Haynes International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAYN) up 0.03%
Other Five-Star Healthcare Providers and Services
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE:UNH) up 2.56%
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) up 1.93%

Come join us on CAPS to learn more about these and countless other interesting stock ideas. Click here for a free sign-up.