The Baltic Dry Index rose sharply on Friday, 4 September 2026, advancing 140 points to reach 3,628, a daily movement reported. The published item records the index level and the quantum of the rise for that date.

The Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and is a published assessment of prices paid to move dry bulk cargo. It covers freight prices for key bulk commodities, with the source citing coal, grain and iron ore as examples of the cargoes represented in the measure.

The index value published for 4 September 2026 was derived from the Exchange's daily survey of agents distributed around the world. The report states that the calculation is based on those daily agent returns, which feed the Exchange's published assessment of freight prices.

What the index covers

The Baltic Dry Index is described in the report as covering prices for the transportation of dry bulk commodities. The source gives three examples of the cargo types included in that coverage:

  • Coal
  • Grain
  • Iron ore

How the figure is produced

reports notes that the Baltic Exchange in London compiles the index using a daily survey of agents worldwide. The 3,628 reading for Friday, 4 September 2026, and the 140-point rise are presented in the report as the result of that routine, daily assessment process.

The item published by reports gives the single-day change and the index level recorded on that Friday. Those two figures are the central facts set out in the short report returned by the shipping news service.

The London base of the Baltic Exchange is recorded in the source and is the jurisdiction from which the index is compiled. The report therefore links the published BDI figure and the stated methodology, a daily, worldwide agent survey, to the Exchange's London operations.

Sources carried the brief report on 4 September 2026, identifying the day as Friday in the item. The published note supplies the day, the date, the index level and the point change without further analysis or supplementary detail in the supplied material.

The reporting sets out a single-day movement in a widely cited freight-rate assessment and reiterates the two principal facts: that the Baltic Dry Index climbed by 140 points and that the index stood at 3,628 on Friday, 4 September 2026. The source in the supplied notes is reports and the index is shown as compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange.