Baltic Dry Index Up for 2nd Day
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, advanced for a second session on Friday, rising about 1% to 3,370 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes, including iron ore and coal, surged by 2% to 5,768 points; and the supramax index went up by ...
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