Biofuels Digest Index slips to 69.39 as biodiesel sputters

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.36 percent to close at 69.39 as biodiesel tumbled. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) rose 1.13 percent to $28.67, while KiOR (KIOR) plunged 8.12 percent to $10.19 .  Among other equities, Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) fell 4.94 percent  to $9.82. Overall, advances and declines were even for the day.