| Gold •657 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •15 mins | 2,082.20 | +41.40 | +2.03% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 90.87 | +1.20 | +1.34% | |
| Gasoline •12 mins | 3.227 | +0.017 | +0.52% | |
| Ethanol •657 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •657 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 657 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 657 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 99.67 | +1.19 | +1.21% | ||
| Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.727 | +0.030 | +1.11% | ||
| Heating Oil • 23 mins | 3.855 | +0.126 | +3.38% |
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…