Biofuels Digest Indexâ„¢ leaps 3.67 percent to reach 112.42 as agribusiness rockets

The Biofuels Digest Indexâ„¢, a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 3.67 percent yesterday to close at 112.42, as diversified agribusinesses Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) and The Andersons (ANDE) rose sharply.

ADM rose 3.92 percent to $38.73 while ANDE gained 5.00 percent to reach $42.04 at trading’s end. Among mid cap ethanol stocks, VeraSun Energy (VSE) gained 3.27 percent to close at $13.27 as investors continue to warm to the prospect of a VSE-US BioEnergy merger.

Among small caps, Xethanol (XNL) fell 6.98 percent to finish at $0.40. Overall, winners and losers were even on the day.

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