| Gold •503 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •10 mins | 1,580.00 | +24.80 | +1.59% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 59.01 | -1.73 | -2.85% | |
| Gasoline •11 mins | 1.945 | -0.054 | -2.72% | |
| Ethanol •503 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •503 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 503 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 503 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 63.10 | -1.79 | -2.76% | ||
| Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.503 | +0.132 | +3.02% | ||
| Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.588 | -0.113 | -4.19% |
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…