WTI retreats from five-day highs, clings to modest gains near $37.50

Crude oil prices gained traction on upbeat Chinese data.
IEA expects oil demand recovery to decelerate in the remainder of 2020.
The API will release its Weekly Crude Oil Stock data.

Eren Sengezer FXStreet

Crude oil prices turned north during the Asian session on Tuesday and the barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) touched its highest level in five days at $38. However, the WTI struggled to preserve its bullish momentum and erased a portion of its daily gains. As of writing, the WTI was still up nearly 1% on the day at $37.55.

Chinese data boost sentiment on Tuesday

Earlier in the day, the data from China, the world's second-biggest oil consumer, showed that Industrial Production and Retail Sales in August expanded at a stronger pace than expected and revived hopes for a steady recovery.

However, crude oil continues to have a hard time staging a decisive rally as investors remain concerned about the energy demand outlook.

On Tuesday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its oil market report said that it expects the oil demand recovery to "decelerate markedly." On Monday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said that it revised the expectation for the decline in oil demand to 9.46 million barrels per day (bpd) from 9.06 million (BPD) in the previous report.

Later in the day, the American Petroleum Institute (API) will release its Weekly Crude Oil Stock data.

Technical levels to watch for

WTI

Overview
Today last price	37.82
Today Daily Change	0.31
Today Daily Change %	0.83
Today daily open	37.51

Trends
Daily SMA20	41.13
Daily SMA50	41.27
Daily SMA100	37.37
Daily SMA200	41.3

Levels
Previous Daily High	37.93
Previous Daily Low	37.08
Previous Weekly High	39.78
Previous Weekly Low	36.43
Previous Monthly High	43.86
Previous Monthly Low	39.75
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	37.4
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	37.6
Daily Pivot Point S1	37.08
Daily Pivot Point S2	36.66
Daily Pivot Point S3	36.24
Daily Pivot Point R1	37.93
Daily Pivot Point R2	38.35
Daily Pivot Point R3	38.78

Author

Eren Sengezer

FXStreet

As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.

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