SunSirs Bulk Commodity Index (BCI) of 8/2026 is 0.51
As issued by China Commodity Data Group (SunSirs), SunSirs Bulk Commodity Index (BCI) of 08/2026 is 0.51, with average rise of 3.54%.
| Month | 09/2025 | 10/2025 | 11/2025 | 12/2025 | 01/2026 | 02/2026 | 03/2026 | 04/2026 | 05/2026 | 06/2026 | 07/2026 | 08/2026 |
| RN | 31 | 27 | 46 | 53 | 76 | 39 | 82 | 40 | 30 | 14 | 62 | 74 |
| FN | 66 | 70 | 51 | 45 | 20 | 53 | 18 | 57 | 67 | 85 | 36 | 23 |
| BCI | -0.35 | -0.43 | -0.05 | 0.08 | 0.56 | -0.14 | 0.64 | -0.17 | -0.37 | -0.71 | 0.26 | 0.51 |
| Average Change |
-0.55% | -0.73% | 0.37% | 0.97% | 5.05% | -0.46% | 20.53% | -2.65% | -2.17% | -5.43% | 4.82% | 3.54% |
SunSirs Bulk Commodity Index(BCI) is the monthly index to monitor China macro-economy. Its mechanism is as follows:
1. Select 100 commodities which covers Oil, Energy, Petrochemicals, Textiles, Metals, Non-ferrous and mostly represent the above 8 industries
2. Count the rising number(RN) and the falling number (FN)
3. Calculate the value of BCI by the formular of
BCI=(RN-FN)/100
Based on the above mechanism, the BCI can show 3 points:
1. BCI>0 indicates that China manufacturing industry economy is expanding;
2. BCI=0 indicates that China manufacturing industry economy remains steady.
3. BCI<0 indicates that China manufacturing industry economy is shrinking.
