# Baltic Dry Index re-weighted for futures investors - FreightWaves

> The Baltic Exchange's changes to the Baltic Dry Index, including dropping handysizes and reweighting the largest classes, could make the index tradable. The article also recounts the Singapore Exchange's 2016 acquisition of the Baltic Exchange and the container shipping slump.

- Date: 2018-02-05 · published 2018-02-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66402-baltic-dry-index-re-weighted-for-futures-investors-freightwaves
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

A tradable dry bulk freight benchmark could add speculative flows to freight markets, which affect bulk grain shipping costs, though the effect on feed prices is indirect.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2018-2-5-baltic-dry-index-re-weighted-for-futures-investors

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