Biofuels Digest Index jumps to 80.99 as ethanol advances

March 18, 2014 | Jim Lane

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 1.57 percent to 80.99 as ethanol advanced. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) plunged 39.24 percent to $0.65 on a going concern warning, while Aemetis (AMTX) jumped 13.16 percent to $0.43. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) rebounded 6.31 percent to $14.65. Overall, advances led declines 3 to 1 for the day.