Grain-based shares score gains for stunning seventh straight year

摘要

Aremarkable string of advances in share prices of grain-based foods companies continued unabated in 2015. While modest compared with the averages of recent years, the Grain-Based Foods Share Index, calculated by Milling & Baking News, ended the year at a record 21225.54, up 4.3%.It was the seventh straight year in which the G.B.F. index posted a gain, though it was the smallest advance during this stretch that began in 2009. The 4% advance compared with gains of 17% in 2014, 23% in 2013, 16% in 2012, 8% in 2011, 9% in 2010 and 13% in 2009.