Friday, August 22, 2008

NYMEX crude oil contract rose dramatically

The Oct NYMEX crude oil contract rose dramatically to $122 and closed at $121.18, over the red 20-day moving average on our chart and over the downsloping channel. However, it fell back overnight in electronic trading (for the first decline in 4 days) after Turkey announced the Baku pipeline is back on line—and the US dollar recovered.

Crude oil for Oct delivery fell as much as 98¢ to $120.20 and was up only a little to $120.44 at 10:36 am GMT. Bloomberg says “the contract is set for a weekly gain of 5.9%.”

Where does that leave us?

Nobody knows.

Bye For Now

Barbara Rockefeller

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