DALIAN, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Iron ore futures opened higher on Friday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).

The most active iron ore contract for May 2021 delivery gained 4 yuan (about 61.4 U.S. cents) to open at 1,083.5 yuan per tonne.

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