Crude continues to surge on a follow through after breaking through a weekly resistance level last friday.

“Everything is going for the market right now,” said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York hedge fund that focuses on energy. “Refineries are operating at higher rates, which is increasing demand for crude. At the same time, gasoline demand is up above 9 million barrels a day for the first time in a long while.”

The U.S. benchmark oil extended its rally after breaching a technical resistance level on the weekly chart, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Futures settled above $103.39 a barrel, the 61.8 percent Fibonacci retracement of the decline to $32.40 in December 2008 from an intraday record high of $147.27 in July that year. Investors typically buy contracts when prices exceed technical resistance.

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