NEW YORK, Aug 4 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures edged lower in seesaw trading on Wednesday after four straight higher closes, with traders cautious ahead of a government oil inventory report after industry data on Tuesday showed a crude stocks fell but less than expected. Oil and equities markets received a lift on Wednesday from data showing more U.S. private sector jobs added in July than forecast. FUNDAMENTALS * On the New York Mercantile Exchange, September crude CLU0 fell 7 cents, or 0.09 percent, to $82.48 a barrel by 8:51 a.m. EDT (1251 GMT), trading from $81.62 to $82.63, a penny below Tuesday's intraday peak, which was the highest front-month crude price since prices reached $82.83 on May 5. * U.S. private employers added 42,000 jobs in July, compared with a revised higher gain of 19,000 in June, a report by private payrolls processor ADP showed on Wednesday. [ID:nEAP103300] * The American Petroleum Institute industry group inventory data on Tuesday showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell, but a less-than-expected 776,000 barrels in the week to July 30. [API/S] The API said gasoline stocks rose 2.3 million barrels, with distillate inventories up 1.1 million barrels. * An expanded Reuters survey of analysts on Tuesday yielded a forecast for crude stocks to be down 1.4 million barrels. [ID:nN03449040] Gasoline stockpiles were expected to be down 400,000 barrels, with distillate stocks seen up 1.2 million barrels. * The remnant of Tropical Storm Colin lingered in the Atlantic Ocean, but it and a second tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea were not likely to strengthen over the next 48 hours and posed no threat to Gulf of Mexico operations, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. [ID:nN04227032] * A source in the office of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirmed that the Iranian president's motorcade had come under an attack on Wednesday. He said the president, who was traveling from an airport in the western city of Hamadan to give a speech in a sports arena, was fine. One person had been arrested, the source said. [ID:nLDE6730W3] MARKETS NEWS * The dollar pared losses against the yen on Wednesday after the ADP jobs data. The euro was steady around $1.3210 EUR=, down about 0.1 percent on the day. * Gold rose above $1,190 an ounce in Europe, benefiting from softer appetite for assets such as stocks and hopes for a rise in Asian demand, though an ongoing dearth of safe-haven demand capped gains. [GOL/] * Markit's final Eurozone Services Purchasing Managers Index rose to 55.8 in July from June's 55.5, revised slightly down from preliminary estimates for 56.0. UPCOMING DATA/EVENTS * U.S. Energy Information Administration oil inventory data at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) on Wednesday. * U.S. Institute for Supply Management Services Purchasing Management Index for July due at 1000 EDT (1400 GMT). Consensus forecasts by economists polled by Reuters 53.0 from June's 53.8. 8:51 LAST NET PCT LOW HIGH CURRENT DAY AGO CHNG CHNG VOL VOL CLc1 82.48 -0.07 -0.1% 81.62 82.63 40,267 306,098 CLc2 82.92 -0.07 -0.1% 82.05 83.07 12,972 83,313 LCOc1 82.38 -0.30 -0.4% 81.67 82.67 58,619 197,725 RBc1 2.1899 -0.0036 -0.2% 2.1721 2.1930 3,257 55,118 RBc2 2.0989 -0.0015 -0.1% 2.0811 2.1013 2,133 17,991 HOc1 2.1974 -0.0026 -0.1% 2.1820 2.2012 3,658 57,899 HOc2 2.2235 -0.0051 -0.2% 2.2106 2.2300 1,056 14,767 TECHS LAST MA-30 MA-90 Boll up Boll dn RSI-30 Imp Vol CLc1 82.48 77.07 77.96 82.14 73.78 64.77 30.56 RBc1 2.1899 2.0600 2.1800 2.1900 1.9700 45.25 31.55 HOc1 2.1974 2.0900 2.0800 2.2000 1.8300 46.18 30.18 * NYMEX crude oil for September CLc1 fell 7 cents to $82.48 a barrel by 8:51 a.m. in volume of 40,267 lots. (Reporting by Robert Gibbons)

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