Biofuels Digest Index rises to 71.19 as ethanol equities surge

August 9, 2013 | Jim Lane

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rose 1.09 percent to 71.19 as ethanol equities surged. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) soared 12.95 percent to $12.65, while KiOR (KIOR) plunged 9.87 percent to $4.29. Among other equities, Biox (BX.T) rocketed up 21.43 percent to $0.68. Overall, advances led declines 11 to 4 for the day.