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Why Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks Sank Today

The price of dry bulk shipping services continues to erode, and this trend is doing a number on dry bulk shipping stocks today. In the face of major benchmarks being generally in the green, shares of Golden Ocean Group Limited (NASDAQ: GOGL) are down 5.9% as of 12:30 p.m. ET, Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK) has fallen 6%, and Eagle Bulk Shipping (NASDAQ: EGLE) is down 6.7%. Two of today's three decliners -- Genco and Eagle Bulk Shipping -- have posted earnings in the past two weeks, and both reports were pretty great.