Shipping stocks track weakness in Baltic dry index
Five shipping stock fell 0.6% to 2.21% at 15:05 IST on BSE, after the
Baltic Dry Index, Thursday, 06.Jan.2011, 00:36 (GMT+3)
Five shipping stock fell 0.6% to 2.21% at 15:05 IST on BSE, after the
Baltic Dry Index, which tracks rates to ship dry commodities, plunged
nearly 5% in London on Tuesday, 4 January 2011.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 160.01 points, or 0.78% at 20,338.71
Shreyas
Shipping Company (down 2.21% to Rs. 41.95), Great Eastern Shipping
Company (down 1.72% to Rs. 342), Shipping Corporation of India (down
1.18% to Rs. 134), Varun Shipping Company (down 1.14% to Rs. 34.80) and
Mercator Lines (down 0.60% to Rs. 57.85) edged lower. The Baltic dry
index (BDI), which measures freight costs for dry bulk commodities such
as iron ore and coal, fell 80 points, or 4.51% to settle at 1,693 in
London on Tuesday, 4 January 2011.