| Gold •744 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •10 mins | 1,612.50 | -30.00 | -1.83% | |
| WTI Crude •4 hours | 82.44 | +3.49 | +4.42% | |
| Gasoline •4 hours | 3.393 | +0.108 | +3.29% | |
| Ethanol •744 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •744 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 744 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 744 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 3 hours | 88.10 | +3.87 | +4.59% | ||
| Natural Gas • 4 hours | 2.922 | +0.064 | +2.24% | ||
| Heating Oil • 4 hours | 4.085 | +0.055 | +1.35% |
Contributor since: 19 Mar 2020
Dilip Hiro is the author of Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources, published by Nation Books, New York; Politico’s Publishing, London; and Penguin India, Gurgaon.
Since 2016, as an informal leader of the 13-strong non-OPEC group, Russia has been instrumental in the pricing of oil as Saudi Arabia, leading producer…