| Gold •809 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •20 mins | 1,807.30 | +0.90 | +0.05% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 98.25 | -2.05 | -2.04% | |
| Gasoline •11 mins | 3.481 | -0.046 | -1.31% | |
| Ethanol •809 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •809 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 809 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 809 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 101.61 | -2.26 | -2.18% | ||
| Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.871 | -0.041 | -1.41% | ||
| Heating Oil • 13 mins | 5.026 | -0.032 | -0.64% |
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…