# Baltic Dry Index Extends Rally Into 7th Day

> The Baltic Dry Index rose 2.5% to 3,186 on Friday, extending its winning streak to seven sessions and reaching its highest level since June 2. The capesize, panamax and supramax segments all gained, with capesize up 3.9% for the week's seventh day. The benchmark rose 12.1% over the week.

- Date: 2026-08-28 · published 2026-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18111-baltic-dry-index-extends-rally-into-7th-day
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher dry bulk freight rates raise the delivered cost of grain and feed ingredients imported into major markets, which can narrow the gap between FOB and landed prices. The article gives no new cause for the rally, so the signal is mainly a cost-side one.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- tradingeconomics.com: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/baltic/news/579113

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