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NASDAQ OMX Bio/Clean Fuels (^GRNBIO)

Nasdaq GIDS - Nasdaq GIDS Real-time price. Currency in USD

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706.79

+1.88

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As of 12:03PM EDT. Market open.

Currency in USD

Symbol	Company name	Last price	Change	% change	Volume
CSAN3.SA	Cosan S.A. Indústria e Comércio	13.35	0.00	0.00%	3,643,700
MNTK	Montauk Renewables, Inc.	5.24	0.03	+0.58%	25,310
GEVO	Gevo, Inc.	0.6561	0.0074	+1.14%	697,982
SMTO3.SA	São Martinho S.A.	27.02	0.39	+1.46%	1,909,600
FF	FutureFuel Corp.	4.4420	0.0820	+1.88%	232,212
OPAL	OPAL Fuels Inc.	4.6500	-0.0900	-1.90%	30,981