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.

 

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Sector Past 30 Days

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Kaydon Corp

(NYSE:KDN)

15.38%

Machinery

(3.63%)

346 of 350

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Akamai Technologies, Inc.

(NASDAQ:AKAM)

11.95%

Internet Software and Services

5.73%

2617 of 2719

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Other Five-Star Pharmaceuticals
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE:SCR) up 5.74%
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd. (AMEX:CPD) up 3.48%
Other Five-Star Machinery
Metso Oyj (ADR)(OTC BB: MXCYY) up 8.32%
Sauer-Danfoss, Inc. (NYSE:SHS) up 8.18%
Other Five-Star Internet Software and Services
SupportSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPRT) up 6.67%
Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:IIJI) up 4.07%

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