{"id":19903,"date":"2011-03-03T08:20:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T13:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=19903"},"modified":"2011-03-03T08:20:20","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T13:20:20","slug":"crude-oil-continues-rising-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2011\/03\/03\/crude-oil-continues-rising-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Crude Oil: Continues rising trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1282\"><strong>By GCI Forex Research<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/forexnews.gcitrading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Crude-Oil3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crude Oil\" src=\"http:\/\/forexnews.gcitrading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Crude-Oil3-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"Crude Oil\" width=\"640\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1282\">\n<p>Crude Oil Movement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Oil prices advanced 2.05% against the USD for the 24 hour period ending 23:00GMT, closing at 102.34.<\/p>\n<p>Crude futures closed above $102 a barrel Wednesday, after an  unexpected decline in last week\u2019s US oil inventories and continuing  political turmoil in the Middle East raised concerns about global  supplies.<\/p>\n<p>The EIA report showed that the US commercial crude oil inventories  decreased by 0.4 million barrels from the previous week, to reach 346.4  million barrels.<\/p>\n<p>At GMT 0400, Oil is trading at USD 102.54 per barrel in the Asian session, 0.20% higher from 23:00GMT.<\/p>\n<p>The pair has its first resistance at 103.72, followed by the next  resistance at 104.91. On the other side, the first support is at 100.58,  with the subsequent support at 98.63.<\/p>\n<p>The pair is trading above its 20 Hr moving average and well above its 50 Hr moving average.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Forex Daily   Market Commentary<\/strong><\/em> <strong><em>provided                                                     by<\/em><\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gcitrading.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GCI   Financial                                    Ltd<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>GCI Financial Ltd (\u201dGCI\u201d) is a regulated securities and commodities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     trading                                           firm,                                                                                                        specializing                                in                                                                    online                                                                                     Foreign                                                                                                                      Exchange                                                                                                                                            (\u201dForex\u201d)                                                                                                                                                                                         brokerage.                                         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