| Gold •681 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •15 mins | 1,991.80 | -99.60 | -4.76% | |
| WTI Crude •13 hours | 105.42 | +4.25 | +4.20% | |
| Gasoline •13 hours | 3.702 | +0.096 | +2.67% | |
| Ethanol •681 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •681 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 681 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 681 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 12 hours | 109.26 | +3.54 | +3.35% | ||
| Natural Gas • 13 hours | 2.960 | +0.066 | +2.28% | ||
| Heating Oil • 13 hours | 4.053 | +0.148 | +3.78% |
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…