Biofuels Digest Index slips to 72.91 despite ethanol surge

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 0.33 percent to 72.91 despite ethanol stock advances. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.76 to $29.99, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) advanced 10.37 percent to $1.49.  Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) plunged 9.83 percent to $15.14. Overall, advances led declines 3 to 2 for the day.