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Iron ore futures close higher

Xinhua
| January 22, 2026
2026-01-22

DALIAN, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iron ore futures closed higher on Thursday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).

The most active iron ore contract for May 2026 delivery gained 0.5 yuan (about 7 U.S. cents) to close at 786.5 yuan per tonne.

On Thursday, the total trading volume of 12 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 244,265 lots, with a turnover of about 19.17 billion yuan.

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

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