| Gold •525 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •15 mins | 1,685.70 | +38.50 | +2.34% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 57.68 | -0.78 | -1.33% | |
| Gasoline •11 mins | 1.769 | -0.012 | -0.69% | |
| Ethanol •525 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •525 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 525 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 525 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 61.37 | -0.84 | -1.35% | ||
| Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.540 | -0.055 | -1.20% | ||
| Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.237 | -0.036 | -1.57% |
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…