Biofuels Digest Index plummets to 76.62 as advance biofuels tank

March 26, 2014 | Jim Lane

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, plummeted 4.22 percent to 76.62 as advanced biofuels tanked. For the day, KiOR plunged 21.28 percent to $0.47, while Aemetis (AMTX) sank 11.67 percent to $0.53. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) dropped 11.80 percent to $11.54 on news of an impending equity raise. Overall, declines led advances 2 to 1 for the day.