| Gold •630 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •10 mins | 1,920.40 | +27.80 | +1.47% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 90.68 | -1.67 | -1.81% | |
| Gasoline •14 mins | 3.008 | -0.140 | -4.45% | |
| Ethanol •630 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •630 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 630 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 630 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 102.59 | -1.90 | -1.82% | ||
| Natural Gas • 12 mins | 2.969 | +0.026 | +0.88% | ||
| Heating Oil • 12 mins | 4.006 | -0.285 | -6.63% |
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…