Iron ore futures close lower-Xinhua

Iron ore futures close lower

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-05-28 19:37:30

DALIAN, May 28 (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 2026 delivery dipped 0.5 yuan (about 7 U.S. cents) to close at 780.5 yuan per tonne.

On Thursday, the total trading volume of 12 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 215,340 lots, with a turnover of about 16.76 billion yuan.

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