Stocks highlighted in this article are: Panera Bread Company ( We've mentioned it here before, but it's worth saying again; nearly half of a stock's price movement is tied to the performance of its respective group (Sector and Industry).

By definition, a strong Sector or strong Industry will have more of its companies moving higher than a weak Sector or weak Industry, because by definition, a Sector or Industry is simply a group of similar stocks.

If the majority of stocks are going down in an industry, it can't be a strong industry. If more stocks are going up, it is a strong industry.

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Access National Corp (ANCX) Air Liquide (AIQUY) Altair Nanotechnologies Inc (ALTI) Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc (BRLI) Caribou Coffee Company Inc (CBOU) Claude Resources Inc (CGR) Empresas ICA SA (ICA) Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) Insituform Technologies Inc (INSU) IntelGenx Technologies Corp (IGXT) Macrovision Solutions Corp (MVSN) Metabasis Therapeutics Inc (MBRX) NaviSite Inc (NAVI) Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corp (OSCI) Owens & Minor Inc (OMI) Papa John's Int'l Inc (PZZA) Pearson Plc (PSO) Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGSVY) Provident Energy Trust (PVX) Rollins Inc (ROL) Shaw Communications Inc (SJR) Thomson SA (TMS) Tucows Inc (TCX) Unitrin Inc (UTR) VistaPrint Ltd (VPRT) The Wet Seal Inc ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Access National Corp (ANCX) Acxiom Corp (ACXM) Amtrust Financial Services Inc (AFSI) AsiaInfo Holdings Inc (ASIA) Bank of the Ozarks Inc (OZRK) Bionovo Inc (BNVI) Boots & Coots Intl Well Inc (WEL) Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc (CADX) Discovery Laboratories Inc (DSCO) Ezcorp Inc (EZPW) Force Protection Inc (FRPT) Geron Corp (GERN) Gray Television Inc (GTN) Grupo Financiero Galicia SA (GGAL) The Hershey Co (HSY) Mag Silver Corp (MVG) Navisite Inc (NAVI) Penwest Pharmaceuticals (PPCO) Rollins Inc (ROL) RTI Biologics Inc (RTIX) Southern Community Financial Corp (SCMF) Thomson SA (TMS) Weis Markets Inc (WMK) The Wet Seal Inc (WTSLA) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Air Liquide (AIQUY) Alon USA Energy Inc (ALI) American Public Education Inc (APEI) Anaren Inc (ANEN) APAC Customer Services Inc (APAC) Apogee Enterprises Inc (APOG) Basilea Pharmaceutic (BPMUF) Baxter International Inc (BAX) Best Buy Co Inc (BBY) Briggs & Stratton Corp (BGG) CNS Response Inc (CNSO) Courier Corp (CRRC) Delek US Holdings Inc (DK) Denison Mines Corp (DNN) DRDGOLD Ltd (DROOY) The Dress Barn Inc (DBRN) Emmis Communications Corp (EMMS) EnteroMedics Inc (ETRM) Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) Hansen Natural Corp (HANS) HLS Systems International Ltd (HOLI) The Laclede Group Inc (LG) Local.com Corp (LOCM) Majesco Entertainment Co (COOL) Monro Muffler Brake Inc (MNRO) MWI Veterinary Supply Inc (MWIV) ...

Rollins Inc. (ROL) jumped nearly 3% at noon and was trading close to its 200-day moving average of $16.39. ROL is a Zacks#1 Rank (“Strong buy”) stock. Analysts, on average, forecast the company's earnings per share growing by 5.07% in fiscal 2009.

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Access National Corp (ANCX) Actuate Corp (ACTU) Alliance One International Inc (AOI) Allos Therapeutics Inc (ALTH) Amerisafe Inc (AMSF) Amtrust Financial Services Inc (AFSI) Anaren Inc (ANEN) AutoZone Inc (AZO) Baxter International Inc (BAX) Blackrock Kelso Capital Corp (BKCC) Briggs & Stratton Corp (BGG) Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP (CLMT) Chinacast Education Corp (CAST) Cyberonics Inc (CYBX) DCT Industrial Trust Inc (DCT) EZCORP Inc (EZPW) Fidelity National Financial Inc (FNF) Grupo Financiero Galicia SA (GGAL) HMS Holdings Corp (HMSY) Hormel Foods Corp (HRL) J&J Snack Foods Corp (JJSF) Javelin Pharmaceuticals Inc (JAV) Kindred Healthcare Inc (KND) Lundin Mining Corp (LMC) Magyar Telekom Plc (MTA) Medivation Inc (MDVN) Monro Muffler ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank (”strong buy”) List today:

Anglo Platinum Ltd (AGPPY)
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN)
CNS Response Inc (CNSO)
The Cooper Companies Inc (COO)
DCT Industrial Trust Inc (DCT)
Dynamics Research Corp (DRCO)
Emergent BioSolutions Inc (EBS)
Family Dollar Stores Inc (FDO)
FARO Technologies Inc (FARO)
Flanders Corp (FLDR)
Gammon Gold Inc (GRS)
Inverness Medical Innovations Inc (IMA)
ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc (ISTA)
Javelin Pharmaceuticals Inc (JAV)
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co (LJPC)
Majesco Entertainment Co (COOL)
Medivation Inc (MDVN)
Meruelo Maddux Properties Inc (MMPI)
Novavax Inc (NVAX)
NxStage Medical Inc (NXTM)
Oracle Corp (ORCL)
Rollins Inc (ROL)
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (SWHC)
Symyx Technologies Inc (SMMX)
Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI)
TreeHouse Foods Inc (THS)
Tucows Inc …

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Access National Corp (ANCX) Acxiom Corp (ACXM) American Financial Group (AFG) Amerisafe Inc (AMSF) Applied Micro Circuits Corp (AMCC) ARM Holdings plc (ARMH) AsiaInfo Holdings Inc (ASIA) Baxter International Inc (BAX) Briggs & Stratton Corp (BGG) Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc (BR) Canadian Natural Resource Ltd (CNQ) Capella Education Co (CPLA) Chinacast Education Corp (CAST) Churchill Downs Inc (CHDN) Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) Cooper Companies Inc (COO) Cosan Ltd (CZZ) DaVita Inc (DVA) DTS Inc (DTSI) Energy Recovery Inc (ERII) EZCORP Inc (EZPW) Flanders Corp (FLDR) FPIC Insurance Group Inc (FPIC) HMS Holdings Corp (HMSY) Horsehead Holding Corp (ZINC) Immucor Inc (BLUD) Jarden Corp (...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Acxiom Corp (ACXM) Koninklijke Ahold NV (AHONY) Allos Therapeutics Inc (ALTH) American Italian Pasta Co (AIPC) AsiaInfo Holdings Inc (ASIA) Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc (BR) CNS Response Inc (CNSO) Cosan Ltd (CZZ) Cray Inc (CRAY) CTI Industries Corp (CTIB) Cytokinetics Inc (CYTK) DTS Inc (DTSI) Enbridge Inc (ENB) Expedia Inc (EXPE) EZCORP Inc (EZPW) Flanders Corp (FLDR) Gamco Investors Inc (GBL) Inverness Medical Innovations Inc (IMA) INX Inc (INXI) Javelin Pharmaceuticals Inc (JAV) Majesco Entertainment Co (COOL) MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc (MAPP) Maxwell Technologies Inc (MXWL) Metavante Technologies Inc (MV) Monro Muffler Brake Inc (MNRO) Myriad Genetics Inc (MYGN) Onstream Media Corp (ONSM) PetMed Express Inc (PETS) Poniard ...