Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Crude Oil Hits Fresh 5 1/2 Month High


June crude oil closed up $0.23 at $58.73 a barrel today. Prices closed near mid range today and did hit a fresh 5 1/2 month high. Bulls do still have the near
term technical advantage. A steep three week old uptrend is in place on the daily bar chart.

June heating oil closed up 66 points at $1.5075 today. Prices closed near mid range again today. Prices hit a fresh four month high today. Bulls and bears are on a level near term technical playing field.

June unleaded gasoline closed down 130 points at $1.6672 today. Prices closed nearer the session low today. Bulls still have some upside technical momentum. However, the market is still short term overbought, technically.

June natural gas closed up 18.8 cents at $4.49 today. Prices closed near the session high today and hit a fresh six week high. Bulls have gained upside near term technical momentum recently to finally suggest that a major market low is in place.

The June U.S. dollar index closed down 37 points at 82.42 today. Prices closed nearer the session low and hit a fresh 4 1/2 month low today. Prices are in a nine week old downtrend on the daily bar chart. Bears have the near term technical advantage.


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