| Gold •624 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •15 mins | 2,005.90 | +62.20 | +3.20% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 93.95 | -1.60 | -1.67% | |
| Gasoline •14 mins | 3.113 | -0.014 | -0.44% | |
| Ethanol •624 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •624 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 624 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 624 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 107.38 | -1.27 | -1.17% | ||
| Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.122 | -0.044 | -1.39% | ||
| Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.296 | -0.047 | -1.07% |
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…