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List of Markets

Freight-market measures and shipping-market sectors.

3 entries

1. Baltic Dry Index (BDI)

   The Baltic Exchange's daily composite index of dry bulk freight rates, widely watched as an economic indicator.

2. Dry bulk shipping

   The market that carries iron ore, coal, and grain — shipping's purest boom-and-bust cycle.

3. Tanker shipping

   The market that moves the world's oil — crude and product tankers, their size classes, and the forces that drive their volatile earnings.