Crude oil closed up $2.88 at $77.31 a barrel today. Prices closed near the session high today and hit a fresh two week high on more short covering and fresh speculative buying interest following recent bullish U.S. economic data and cold weather gripping much of the U.S. A steep three week old downtrend on the daily bar chart was negated today. Bulls gained fresh upside near term technical momentum today as it now looks like a big double bottom reversal pattern has formed on the daily bar chart.
Heating oil closed up 804 points at $2.0353 today. Prices closed near the session high again today on more short covering and fresh speculative buying. The bulls' next upside price objective is closing prices above solid technical resistance at $2.1500.
Unleaded gasoline (RBOB) closed up 888 points at $2.0209 today. Prices closed near the session high on short covering and fresh speculative buying. A steep three week old downtrend on the daily bar chart was negated today.
Natural gas closed up 3.1 cents at $5.464 today. Prices closed near mid range today and were supported on more short covering in a bear market and some cold weather in the U.S. forecast. Bears still have the overall near term technical advantage. The next upside price objective for the bulls is closing prices above solid technical resistance at $5.80.
The U.S. dollar index closed down 24 points at 79.18 today. Prices closed near the session low on more profit taking. No chart damage has occurred. Bulls still have some upside near term technical momentum.
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