| Gold •855 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •10 mins | 1,521.10 | -1.30 | -0.09% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 91.04 | +0.52 | +0.57% | |
| Gasoline •12 mins | 2.777 | +0.014 | +0.50% | |
| Ethanol •855 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •855 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 855 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 855 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 2 hours | 98.29 | +3.67 | +3.88% | ||
| Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.942 | -0.005 | -0.17% | ||
| Heating Oil • 13 mins | 4.369 | +0.017 | +0.39% |
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…