DALIAN, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Iron ore futures closed lower on Thursday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).
The most active iron ore contract for September 2025 delivery dipped 19 yuan (about 2.66 U.S. dollars) to close at 779 yuan per tonne.
On Thursday, the total trading volume of 12 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 533,626 lots, with a turnover of about 41.39 billion yuan.
As the world's largest importer of iron ore, China opened the DCE iron ore futures to international investors in May 2018. ■
