* Dollar weakness against euro helps lift crude * Coming up: API industry oil data on Tuesday NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures rose on Monday as a weaker dollar and stronger equities markets bolstered by economic data helped push crude oil higher. "The petroleum markets are well bid in early Monday trade, rebounding smartly from last week's decline on firmer equities and a weaker U.S. dollar," Tim Evans, analyst at Citi Futures Perspective in New York, said in a note. Several trading sources said buy stops above $81.50 area and end-of-month and end-of-quarter book squaring with a holiday weekend looming also were part of the price jump. The dollar was weaker against the euro, though the euro trimmed gains, pulling away from a session high after Greece's launch of an anticipated sovereign bond issue highlighted its need to refinance its ballooning debts. [USD/] The dollar also was weaker against a basket of currencies. .DXY Hopes that Greece's sovereign debt crisis may ease after action by the EU's leaders last week lifted the euro on Monday and allowed European stocks to gain on the back of higher metal prices. [MKTS/GLOB] U.S. stock markets opened higher on the eased concerns about Greece and with investors optimistic about key jobs data later this week. PRICES * On the New York Mercantile Exchange at 10:27 a.m. EDT (1427 GMT), May CLK0 crude was up $2.10, or 2.62 percent, at $82.10 a barrel, trading from $80.18 to $82.25. * In London, May Brent crude LCOK0 rose $1.86, or 2.35 percent, to $81.15 a barrel, trading from $79.48 to $81.44. * NYMEX April RBOB RBJ0 rose 4.92 cents, or 2.23 percent, to $2.2566 a gallon, trading from $2.2140 to $2.2647. * NYMEX April heating oil HOJ0 rose 5.72 cents, or 2.76 percent, to $2.1269 a gallon, trading from $2.0765 to $2.1333. * April refined products contracts expire on Wednesday. * The May/May heating oil crack spread <0#CL-HO=R> was at $7.71. It ended Friday at $7.41. The May/May RBOB crack spread <0#RB-CL=R> was at $12.86. It ended Friday at $12.76. * The spread between the current front month and the five-year forward crude contract CLc61 was at $3.97, based on the May 2015 contract Friday settlement at $86.07. The spread ended Friday at $6.07. TECHNICALS NYMEX crude 10-day/20-day moving average: $81.24/$81.16 Technical support/resistance: NYMEX crude: $78.86/$82.47 NYMEX heating oil: $2.0415/$2.0999 NYMEX RBOB: $2.1898/$2.2526 For a full report on technicals, click on [ID:nLDE62S13Q] MARKET NEWS * U.S. consumer spending rose as expected in February for a fifth straight month, while stagnant incomes pushed savings to their lowest level since October 2008, a government report showed on Monday. [ID:nN29201079] * China's annual economic growth will reach 12 percent this quarter, a government researcher said in remarks published on Monday. [ID:nLDE62S02B] * Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM) formally launched its first commercial office in the Asia-Pacific on Monday as it ramps up its presence in fast-growing Asia to trade liquefied natural gas, oil and source carbon offsets. [ID:nSGE62S0GI] * FACTBOX-Big issues for energy producers, consumers at International Energy Forum [ID:nN26195292] (Reporting by Robert Gibbons; Editing by John Picinich)

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