The Baltic Dry Index rose to 2,740 points on Thursday, November 5 2026, an increase of 46 points, according to a report published by reports.
The report gave the figure 2,740 and the 46-point rise as its central fact for the day. The movement was presented without additional commentary in the item published on 5 November 2026.
The Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange. The index covers prices for the transport of dry bulk cargoes and is widely cited as a daily gauge of those prices.
reports set out the index level and the daily change in a short report dated 5 November 2026. The piece repeated the figure and the point rise and linked those numbers to the index maintained by the Baltic Exchange in London.
What the index tracks
The Baltic Dry Index covers prices for the carriage of commodities carried in dry bulk. The report named coal, grain and iron ore as examples of the cargoes the index covers.
Those commodities were identified in the report as the types of transported cargo that the index takes into account when compiling its daily reading.
Method and reach
The Baltic Exchange compiles the index on the basis of a daily survey of agents all over the world. The report noted that the index is based on that worldwide daily survey of brokers and agents.
reports reproduced the index number and the scale of the daily change and referenced the Exchange’s compilation method in its short item on 5 November 2026.
The number 2,740 and the 46-point increase were the specific details supplied. The article did not append additional market analysis, commentary or comment from market participants beyond the index level, the daily change and the description of what the index covers and how it is compiled.
Those three elements, the index level, the daily movement and the fact that the Baltic Exchange compiles the index from a global daily survey of agents, constituted the factual content reported on 5 November 2026.
Readers seeking the same numerical reading will find the 2,740 index level and the 46-point gain presented plainly in the report dated 5 November 2026, which attributes the figure to the Baltic Exchange’s daily compilation of dry bulk freight rates.