| Gold •810 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •15 mins | 1,790.00 | -11.40 | -0.63% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 93.18 | +0.81 | +0.88% | |
| Gasoline •22 mins | 3.484 | +0.014 | +0.41% | |
| Ethanol •810 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •810 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 810 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 810 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 101.46 | +1.12 | +1.12% | ||
| Natural Gas • 12 mins | 2.843 | +0.007 | +0.25% | ||
| Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.889 | -0.001 | -0.01% |
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…