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Oil technical analysis: WTI sidelined near $57.00 a barrel

  • Crude starts the week, keeping the ranging theme unchanged.
  • The level to beat for bulls is the 57.50 resistance.
 

Crude oil daily chart

 
The crude oil West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is challenging $57.00 a barrel and the 200-day simple moving average (DMA) while the market has been consolidating for the most part of last week.
 

 

Crude oil four-hour chart

 
The market is trading above its main SMAs, keeping the bullish bias above the 56.00 support level. Buyers are looking for a daily close above the 57.50 level to potentially resume the bull move towards the 58.00, 59.00 and 60.00 price levels.
 

 

Crude oil 30-minute chart

 
The range theme remains unchanged at the start of the week. Support is seen at the 57.00 level followed by 56.40 and the 56.00 figure.
 

 

Additional key levels

 

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