Afshin Sazegar | Crude oil futures fall during the Asian session
Afshin Sazegar | On the New York Mercantile Exchange, January delivery crude oil futures trading at $ .56 per barrel was written down 0.09% while the article is being written.
Previously trading at a session of low dollar per barrel, crude oil found support at $ 57.21 and resistance at $ 58.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures, which compares the value of the US dollar against a basket of six major currencies, fell 0.03% to trade at $ 98,270.
Further, at the IntercontinentalExchange, Brent oil fell 0.30% in February delivery to trade at $ 63.09 a barrel, while the spread between Brent oil and crude oil contracts stood at $ 5.03 a barrel.