Baltic Dry Index Falls for 2nd Day

2025-12-05 16:09 By Luisa Carvalho 1 min. read

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, retreated for a second day on Friday, dropping by 3.1% to 2,727 points, pressured by all vessel segments.

The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes such as iron ore and coal, also eased for a second session, slipping 4.4% to 5,083 points; and the panamax index, which usually carries 60,000-70,000 tons of coal or grain, was down for the seventh day, falling 1.4% to 1,837 points.

Among smaller vessels, the supramax index shed five points at 1,436 points.

The benchmark index logged a weekly gain of 13.4%.



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