Biofuels Digest Index recovers to 79.21 despite an advanced biofuels slide

August 13, 2014 | Jim Lane

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, recovered 1.19 percent to 79.21 despite an advanced biofuels slide. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) soared 21.72 percent to $9.36, while Algae.Tec (AEB.AX) dumped 7.78 percent to $0.08. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) plunged 28.03 percent to $0.18. Overall, advances led declines 5 to 3 for the day.