More widely known as the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), its a shipping and trade index created by the London-based Baltic Exchange.

  • fell for a fifth straight session on Wednesday
  • to its lowest in more than five months
  • rates slipped across all vessel segments.

Info via this site, much more detail available there.

You can track the index at our free chart page, link here, code is BDI

More widely known as the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), its a shipping and trade index created by the London-based Baltic Exchange.