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Iron Ore Price Proxy SLX

Quoted per share (ETF proxy) (USD)

$102.88
+0.4300 (+0.42%)
As of Oct 20, 2026, 9:39 AM EDT · cached
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SLX, which this page uses as its iron ore proxy, is trading up at $102.88 per share (+0.42%), as of the latest quote. Tracked via the VanEck Steel ETF (SLX), which holds the largest iron-ore miners and steelmakers.

ETF proxy: Tracked via the VanEck Steel ETF (SLX), which holds the largest iron-ore miners and steelmakers.

Iron Ore proxy: SLX price history

SLX, which this page uses as its iron ore proxy, last closed at $102.88 per share on Oct 19, 2026. That is +34.45% over one year. Over the past 52 weeks its closing price ranged from $75.520 (Oct 22, 2025) to $113.57 (Jun 2, 2026).

SLX price change to Oct 19, 2026
PeriodChange
1 month-3.03%
6 months+2.08%
Year to date+21.23%
1 year+34.45%
3 years+71.75%
5 years+78.95%
SLX by year, per share
YearHighest closeLowest closeYear-end closeChange
2026 (to date) $113.57 $85.710 $102.88 +21.23%
2025 $86.400 $52.500 $84.860 +45.16%
2024 $73.700 $57.960 $58.460 -20.74%
2023 $74.860 $55.640 $73.760 +27.52%
2022 $70.170 $46.580 $57.840 +8.74%
2021 (from Oct 20) $58.370 $50.910 $53.190 —

Daily closing prices for SLX (an exchange-traded proxy, see the note above) over the last five years, from Yahoo Finance. Highest and lowest are daily closes, not intraday extremes. The current year runs to the latest close.

About Iron Ore

Iron ore is the primary input for steel production and a key bellwether for Chinese construction demand. US investors usually take exposure through the VanEck Steel ETF (SLX) since iron-ore futures trade primarily on Singapore (SGX) and Dalian.

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