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Iron ore futures close higher

Xinhua
| March 17, 2026
2026-03-17

DALIAN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Iron ore futures closed higher on Tuesday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).

The most active iron ore contract for May 2026 delivery gained 14.5 yuan (about 2.1 U.S. dollars) to close at 816.5 yuan per tonne.

On Tuesday, the total trading volume of 12 listed iron ore futures contracts on the exchange was 318,967 lots, with a turnover of about 25.72 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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