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Dry-bulk freight activity was somewhat stronger for Capesize and Panamax vessels, with rates edging up across most areas and directions. Supramax and Handysize activity was largely steady, while tanker activity slowed and crude tanker rates fell in most areas.
Slightly firmer dry-bulk freight rates may add to shipping costs for grain and other bulk commodities, but the reported changes are small and broad-based.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.