Biofuels Digest Index slumps to 71.86 as advanced bio falters

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, plunged 4.61 percent to 71.86 as advanced biofuels dove off a cliff. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 3.38 percent to $27.43, while Gevo (GEVO) dropped 9.57 percent to $9.64. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) shed 8.04 percent to $12.58. Overall, declines led advances 8 to 1 for the day.