DALIAN, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Iron ore futures closed lower on Friday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).
The most active iron ore contract for May 2026 delivery dipped 18 yuan (about 2.59 U.S. dollars) to close at 746 yuan per tonne.
On Friday the total trading volume of 11 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 305,490 lots, with a turnover of about 22.98 billion yuan.
As the world's largest importer of iron ore, China opened the DCE iron ore futures to international investors in May 2018. ■
