Baltic Dry Index at Near 1-Month High

2026-04-02 14:58 By Luisa Carvalho 1 min. read

The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, advanced for a second session on Thursday, rising 1.8% to its highest since March 5 at 2,066 points.

The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes including iron ore and coal, also increased for a second day, surging 2.1% to an over four-week high of 3,086 points; and the panamax index, which usually carries 60,000 to 70,000 tons of coal or grain, rose 1.5% to 1,784 points.

Among smaller vessels, the supramax index went up 1.2% to 1,224 points.

For the week, the benchmark index gained 1.7%.



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