Biofuels Digest Index falls 0.66 percent to 62.94 on large cap declines

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 0.66 percent to 62.94 on large cap declines.  For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) lost 2.35 percent to $29.89, while BP dropped 1.41 percent to $52.43. Among smaller caps, Cosan (CZZ) gained 0.98 percent to $8.23. Overall, declines and advances were even [...]

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Shell, Cosan announce $21 billion Brazilian ethanol JV: largest biofuels deal ever

In Brazil, Royal Dutch Shell announced an MOU with Cosan (CZZ) to make the largest investment in the history of biofuels, with an agreement to establish a 50-50 Brazilian ethanol joint venture with Cosan which will own 4,500 retail stations, sugar, ethanol, fuel distribution and power generation, and  the Shell aviation fuel distribution business.
The companies [...]

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Biofuels Digest Index drops 0.44 percent to 68.10 on large cap retreats

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 0.44 percent to 68.10 on large cap retreats. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.05 percent to $31.23, while Cosan (CZZ) dipped 3.46 percent to close at $8.92 on fears of an ethanol mandate reduction. Among smaller caps, Verenium (VRNM) gained [...]

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Biofuels Digest Index outperforms Dow Jones Industrials in 2009

The Biofuels Digest Index, which includes a selection of 25 advanced and first-generation pure-play biofuels companies, as well as oil and grain companies with significant biofuels investments and operations, outperformed the Dow Jones Industrials, and tracked within 2 percent of the S&P 500, while gaining more than 17 percent during 2009.
It has become a commonplace [...]

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Biofuels Digest Index gains 0.48 percent to 40-day high of 66.98 on ethanol advance

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.48 percent to 66.98, a 40-day high, on ethanol rises.  For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 0.19 percent to $31.63, while Cosan (CZZ) jumped 6.26 percent to $8.49  Among smaller caps, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) gained 14.49 percent to $0.79. Overall, advances [...]

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