** Shares of oil refineries HollyFrontier Corp HFC.N and
CVR Energy CVI.N rise 2.5% and 4.9%, respectively
** U.S. Supreme Court sides with refiners, rules they can
receive extensions on waivers from renewable fuel standard (RFS)
requirements even after prior exemptions had expired
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** Ruling will make it easier for small oil refineries to
win exemptions from law requiring increased levels of ethanol
and other renewable fuels in their products
** HollyFrontier urges U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
to "immediately take action to make the RFS a workable program
for U.S. refiners and consumers."
** Ruling a blow for biofuel producers; Renewable Energy
Group REGI.O falls 3.3%, Rex American Resources REX.N loses
1.3%
** Corn CZ1 and soybean SX1 futures fall after the
ruling on expectations of lower demand; Teucrium Corn Fund
CORN.K loses 2.6%, Teucrium Soybean Fund SOYB.K dips 1.5%
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(Reporting by Lisa Mattackal)
((lisapauline.mattackal@thomsonreuters.com; Twitter: https://twitter.com/LPM94))