Biofuels Digest Index slips to 74.13 as KiOR shares stumble

February 20, 2012 | Jim Lane

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.16 percent to 74.13 as KIOR dropped. For the day, BP jumped 2.08 percent to $47.62, while KiOR (KIOR) plunged 10.06 percent to $11.08. Among other equities, BlueFire Renewables (BFRE.OB) gained 7.32 percent to $0.44. Overall, advances led declines 7 to 6 for the day.