| Gold •563 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •10 mins | 2,322.70 | -87.20 | -3.62% | |
| WTI Crude •1 day | 59.34 | +0.26 | +0.44% | |
| Gasoline •1 day | 1.785 | +0.001 | +0.08% | |
| Ethanol •563 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •563 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 563 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 563 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 1 day | 64.13 | +0.37 | +0.58% | ||
| Natural Gas • 1 day | 3.103 | -0.025 | -0.80% | ||
| Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.238 | +0.029 | +1.33% |
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…