Biofuels Digest Index jumps to 71.50 as advanced biofuels surge

January 30, 2014 | Jim Lane

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 1.27 percent to 71.50 as advanced biofuels surged. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 4.72 percent to $9.77, while Amyris (AMRS) rose 5.50 percent to $4.41. Among other equities, Algae.Tec dropped 8.82 percent to $0.15. Overall, advances led declines 3 to 1 for the day.