| Gold •604 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •10 mins | 2,373.50 | +133.90 | +5.98% | |
| WTI Crude •40 mins | 67.02 | +1.81 | +2.78% | |
| Gasoline •3 hours | 2.068 | +0.036 | +1.77% | |
| Ethanol •604 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •604 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 604 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 604 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 14 mins | 73.23 | +2.39 | +3.37% | ||
| Natural Gas • 40 mins | 2.859 | +0.032 | +1.13% | ||
| Heating Oil • 3 hours | 2.636 | +0.023 | +0.88% |
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…