The Baltic Dry Index rose to 3,399 on Monday, registering a gain of 29 points, sources indicated.
The movement, recorded on 21 September 2026, saw the index close at 3,399 after a 29-point increase from the previous reading. The change was reported and reflects the daily figure published for that date.
The Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange, which administers the series of dry bulk freight assessments used to produce the composite index. The Exchange compiles the index from assessments that appear daily in its published series.
The index covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore, with these commodities cited as examples of the types of bulk cargoes reflected in the measure. Those cargo categories are included among the freight rates and voyage assessments that feed into the index calculation.
How the index is compiled
The Baltic Exchange prepares the index on the basis of a daily survey of agents all over the world, and that survey is the stated source of the underlying assessments used to calculate the published figure. The Exchange’s compilation therefore rests on a routine collection of route and voyage assessments reported by market agents.
Today's change
On Monday, 21 September 2026, the index climbed by 29 points to finish at 3,399, a movement confirmed in the reports item dated the same day. The report sets out the headline figure and the point change for that trading day without additional commentary on causes or wider market reaction.
The Baltic Dry Index remains a daily, agent-based series compiled in London and published as a consolidated figure for dry bulk shipping prices; on 21 September 2026 that consolidated figure was recorded at 3,399. reports’s brief item provides the day’s reading and the size of the movement.