| Gold •768 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •14 mins | 1,780.00 | +26.40 | +1.51% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 84.28 | +2.15 | +2.62% | |
| Gasoline •11 mins | 3.180 | +0.044 | +1.41% | |
| Ethanol •768 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •768 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 768 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 768 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 89.81 | +2.09 | +2.38% | ||
| Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.771 | -0.023 | -0.82% | ||
| Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.249 | +0.059 | +1.41% |
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…