For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, Crude Oil rose 0.93% against the USD and closed at USD54.46 per barrel, amid expectations that the US will extend its deadline for implementing additional tariffs on Chinese goods.
In the Asian session, at GMT0400, the pair is trading at 54.63, with oil trading 0.31% higher against the USD from yesterday’s close, amid US sanctions against Venezuela and Iran and led by supply cuts by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
The pair is expected to find support at 53.47, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 52.31. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 55.40, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 56.17.
Crude oil is trading above its 20 Hr and 50 Hr moving averages.