DALIAN, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Iron ore futures closed higher on Friday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).
The most active iron ore contract for September 2025 delivery gained 3 yuan (about 42 U.S. cents) to close at 785 yuan per tonne.
On Friday, the total trading volume of 12 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 680,055 lots, with a turnover of about 53.44 billion yuan.
As the world's largest importer of iron ore, China opened the DCE iron ore futures to international investors in May 2018. ■
