DALIAN, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — Iron ore futures closed lower on Thursday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).
The most active iron ore contract for January 2024 delivery dipped 16 yuan (about 2.22 U.S. dollars) to close at 836.5 yuan per tonne.
On Thursday, the total trading volume of 12 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 980,251 lots, with a turnover of about 83.05 billion yuan.
As the world’s largest importer of iron ore, China opened the DCE iron ore futures to international investors in May 2018.