U.S. crude oil futures edged up but trading seesawed on Monday as a stronger dollar brought prices down from early highs hit as fighting in Gaza intensified. Higher prices to be charged by Saudi Arabia, and Russia\\\'s dispute with Ukraine over natural gas, helped support oil. \\\"Prices are being supported by Israel\\\'s ground invasion of Gaza and news that Saudi Arabia had raised its prices ..., but the early gains were erased as the dollar rallied strongly against the euro and the yen,\\\" Addison Armstrong, analyst at Tradition Energy, said in a note. PRICES * On the New York Mercantile Exchange at 9:34 a.m. EST (1434 GMT), February crude CLG9 was up 15 cents, or 0.32 percent, at $46.49 a barrel, trading from $45.56 to $48.68. * In London, February Brent LCOG9 crude also seesawed and was up only 4 cents, or 0.09 percent, at $46.95 a barrel, trading from $46.31 to $48.71. * NYMEX February RBOB RBG9 rose 1.30 cents, or 1.17 percent, to $1.1235 a gallon, trading from $1.1056 to $1.1570. * NYMEX February heating oil HOG9 rose 1.04 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $1.4907 a gallon, trading from $1.4739 to $1.5225. * The Feb/Feb RBOB crack spread <0#RB-CL=R> was at 71 cents. It ended at 30 cents on Friday. The Feb/Feb heating oil crack spread <0#CL-HO=R> was at $16.19. It ended at $15.83 Wednesday. * The spread between the current front month and the five-year forward crude contract CLc61 was at $27.71, based on the February 2014 contract\\\'s Friday settlement at $74.20. It ended Friday $27.86. TECHNICALS NYMEX crude 10-day/20-day moving average: $39.20/$41.41 Technical support/resistance: NYMEX crude: $43.70/$49.20 NYMEX heating oil: $1.3930/$1.5180 NYMEX RBOB: $1.0470/$1.1275 For a report on technicals click [ID:nL5123802] MARKET NEWS * The euro hit three-week lows against the dollar. [USD/] * Israeli tanks, planes and ground forces pounded Gaza on Monday and the defense minister said the offensive against Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave would go on until Israel was safe. [ID:nL5700436] * OPEC oil producers in the Gulf would ignore Iran\\\'s call for Islamic countries to cut supplies to supporters of Israel in response to the Israeli offensive in Gaza, an OPEC source said on Monday. [ID:nL51830] * An Iranian military commander on Sunday said Islamic countries could use oil to put pressure on Israel\\\'s European and U.S. backers. [ID:nDAH458420] * There were no plans for OPEC to hold an extraordinary meeting before the next scheduled one in March, an OPEC source said. A senior Iranian official said Saturday that OPEC could meet in February. Algeria\\\'s Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil has also said OPEC could meet early. [ID:nL51830] * Saudi Arabia raised its official selling prices for February for light crude oil to customers in the United States and Asia, state oil firm Aramco said on Sunday. [ID:nL4629028] (Reporting by Robert Gibbons; editing by Jim Marshall)

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