jan 17 reuters  the baltic exchanges dry bulk sea freight index badi fell for a seventh straight session on monday as rates declined across all its vessel segments  the overall index which factors in rates for capesize panamax and supramax vessels slipped 33 points or 19 to 1731 for its lowest since early last march  the capesize index baci fell 26 points or 17 to 1470 its lowest since late february  average daily earnings for capesize vessels which transport 150000tonne cargoes such as iron ore and coal dropped by 217 to 12190  benchmark dalian and singapore iron ore futures fell on monday dragged down by improving nearterm supply of the steelmaking ingredient and signs of continuing economic weakness in top steel producer china  the panamax index bpni dipped 49 points or 21 to 2326  average daily earnings for panamax vessels which ferry 6000070000 tonne coal or grain cargoes fell by 441 to 20935  the supramax index bsis fell 33 points to its lowest level since april at 1864 reporting by brijesh patel in bengaluru editing by david goodman