Baltic Dry Index rises above 700 points for the first time since April

Published: Jul 12, 2016 09:47

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The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities rose above 700 points level for the first time.

UNITED KINGDOM July 11 2016 4:54 PM

LONDON (Scrap Register): The main sea freight index at Baltic Exchange for ships carrying dry bulk commodities rose above 700 points level for the first time since last April on Friday on higher cape, panamax and supramax rates.

The Baltic Dry Index, which provides an assessment of the price of moving the major raw materials – such as coal, iron ore and grain – by sea by taking in 23 shipping routes measured on a time charter basis, up by another 04 points to 703 points on Friday.

The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit a temporary peak on May 20, 2008, when the index hit 11,793. The lowest level ever reached was on February 10 2016, when the index plummeted to 290 points.

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