The support was formed around the Oct. 16 low, temporarily holding oil from falling towards $78, another support provided by the lower channel line of a falling channel.
Even though it is hard to categorise the fall from the Oct. 21 high of $84.05, a preceding downtrend from the Sept. 30 high of $94.90 does seem to have resumed.
Resistance is at $82.61, the 23.6 percent Fibonacci retracement on the fall from the Oct. 3 high of $91.79 to
$79.78, a break above which will lead to a further gain to $84.37, the 38.2 percent level.
** Wang Tao is a Reuters market analyst for commodities and energy technicals. The views expressed are his own.
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