| Gold •834 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •15 mins | 1,644.90 | +23.40 | +1.44% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 97.82 | -0.15 | -0.15% | |
| Gasoline •11 mins | 3.148 | -0.033 | -1.03% | |
| Ethanol •834 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •834 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 834 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 834 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 105.66 | -0.26 | -0.25% | ||
| Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.132 | -0.104 | -3.21% | ||
| Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.760 | -0.086 | -1.77% |
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…