Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Crude Oil Chart Damage Appears to be Repaired, For Now

Crude oil closed up $3.58 at $70.29 a barrel today. Prices closed nearer the session high today. The big gains today were supported by a bullish weekly storage report from the DOE, from a lower U.S. dollar and by the recent heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran over its nuclear ambitions. Recent serious chart damage was mostly repaired today.

Natural gas closed down 3.8 cents at $4.837 today. Prices closed near mid range today. Prices are still in a three week old uptrend on the daily bar chart. Bulls still have upside technical momentum. The next upside price objective for the bulls is closing prices above solid technical resistance at the August high of $5.133.

The U.S. dollar index closed down 41 points at 76.94 today. Prices closed near mid range today. Bears still have the solid overall near term technical advantage. Bulls' next upside price objective is to close prices above solid technical resistance at 79.00.

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