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BDI falls below 3400 mark on March 18 - 19 Mar, 2010
It is reported that on March 18th 2010, Baltic Dry Index reached 3396 points, down by 31 points as compared to March 17th 2010.

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BCIChange
SPOT 4 TCE AVG3613-167
INDEX33379-2192
March 17th 201035571
Year Ago20912

All except INDEX in USD
Change is with respect to numbers on March 17th 2010

Panamax
BPIChange
INDEX4337+39
SPOT 4 TCE AVG34847+307
March 17th 201034540
Year Ago15198

All except INDEX in USD
Change is with respect to numbers on March 17th 2010

Supramax
BSIChange
INDEX2920+22
SPOT 4 TCE AVG30529+231
March 17th 201030298
Year Ago17489

All except INDEX in USD
Change is with respect to numbers on March 17th 2010

Spot 4 TC Average = Average Value of the Four Main Shipping Routes
BDI = Weighted Composite Index of BCI/BPI/BHMI

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Price Index - MEA
  Jul-22 Jul-15
MLPPI 4394 4394 Same
MFPPI 5774 5774 Same
MEASPI 4812 4812 Same
Currency Rates
30 Jul, 2010
USD 1.0000
AUD 1.1132
BRL 1.7585
CAD 1.0363
CNY 6.7747
EUR 0.7660
GBP 0.6408
INR 46.5805
JPY 86.3451
RUB 30.2004
ZAR 7.3589
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