DALIAN, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iron ore futures closed lower on Monday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).
The most active iron ore contract for May 2026 delivery dipped 21 yuan (about 3 U.S. dollars) to close at 794 yuan per tonne.
On Monday, the total trading volume of 12 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 477,740 lots, with a turnover of about 38.07 billion yuan.
As the world's largest importer of iron ore, China opened the DCE iron ore futures to international investors in May 2018. ■
