Iron ore futures close lower-Xinhua

Iron ore futures close lower

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-03-31 17:04:00

DALIAN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Iron ore futures closed lower on Tuesday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).

The most active iron ore contract for May 2026 delivery dipped 6.5 yuan (about 94 U.S. cents) to close at 808 yuan per tonne.

On Tuesday, the total trading volume of 12 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 270,607 lots, with a turnover of about 21.71 billion yuan.

As the world's largest importer of iron ore, China opened the DCE iron ore futures to international investors in May 2018.