New York-listed shipping shares wound up with mixed results on Wednesday after another strong rally by the Dow Jones Industrial Average soured in the final 30 minutes of trading due to a combative tweet by a US senator.
However, many shipping stocks still gained on the day and the Dow recorded its first back-to-back gains since 6 February.
The catalyst the US Senate approval of on a $2trn economic stimulus package that counters disruption from the coronavirus pandemic.
