Baltic Dry Index Hits 3-Month High on Stronger Capesize Rates
March 10 (Reuters)– The Baltic Exchange’s primary sea products index, monitoring prices for ships bring completely dry mass products, shut at its highest degree in 3 months on Friday, sustained by durable capesize prices.
The total index, which consider prices for capesize, panamax, supramax as well as handysize delivery vessels, wound up 22 factors or 2.07 percent at 1,086 factors, a top becauseDec 9.
The capesize index touched its highest degree becauseDec 7, up 111 factors, or 6.62 percent, at 1,789 factors.
Average day-to-day profits for capesizes, which generally transfer 150,000-tonne freights such as iron ore as well as coal, climbed $791 to $13,231, the highest possible because very early December.
Freight prices for capesize vessels on trick Asian courses are readied to leap better following week on limited tonnage supply as well as resilient freight quantities, brokers stated.
The panamax index dropped partially by 9 factors, or 0.74 percent, to 1,211 factors.
Average day-to-day profits for panamaxes, which generally lug coal or grain freights of concerning 60,000 to 70,000 tonnes, reduced $75 to $9,728.
Among smaller sized vessels, the supramax index climbed 2 indicate 874 factors, while the handysize index climbed up 4 indicate 495 factors. (Reporting by Eileen Soreng in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
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