Oil Reached a YTD High of over $75usd Per Barrel today. Thew Dollar index has fallen lower and helped bring up the price of commodities in general. Meanwhile the Dow Jones Industrial Average has made a new YTD high crossing the psychologically significant 10,000 mark which also helped oil. Gold is now trading nearly even today after falling a bit in the opening hours of trading. As economic data improves oil, as well as of commodities, has more upside.