DALIAN, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Iron ore futures closed lower on Friday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).
The most active iron ore contract for January 2026 delivery dipped 4.5 yuan (about 63 U.S. cents) to close at 800 yuan per tonne.
On Friday, the total trading volume of 12 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 385,111 lots, with a turnover of about 30.58 billion yuan.
As the world's largest importer of iron ore, China opened the DCE iron ore futures to international investors in May 2018. ■
