DALIAN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Iron ore futures closed higher on Thursday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).
The most active iron ore contract for September 2025 delivery gained 0.5 yuan (about 7 U.S. cents) to close at 707 yuan per tonne.
On Thursday, the total trading volume of 12 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 680,204 lots, with a turnover of about 49.09 billion yuan.
As the world's largest importer of iron ore, China opened the DCE iron ore futures to international investors in May 2018. ■
