* Dollar strengthens against euro, basket of currencies * Global equities slip, Wall Street weaker at the open NEW YORK, Nov 3 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures fell on Tuesday as a stronger dollar, weaker equities and caution ahead of oil inventory data and a Federal Reserve meeting combined to pressure oil. "With the dollar strengthening appreciably this morning, especially against the euro, the energy complex is in process of relinquishing yesterday's gains," Jim Ritterbusch, president at Ritterbusch & Associates, said in a research note. The dollar hit a one-month high against a currency basket as investors retreated from risky assets on jitters over banks. The euro fell about a full percent, hitting a four-week low of $1.4627 EUR= according to Reuters data. [USD/] The U.S. Federal Reserve starts a two-day meeting on Tuesday and markets also were awaiting the monthly employment report from the United States on Friday. World stocks hit a four-week low, helping boost the dollar as poor results from UBS UBSN.VS and a shake-up of UK banks Lloyds (LLOY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L: Quote, Profile, Research) prompted investors to cut back on risk. [MKTS/GLOB] U.S. stocks opened weaker as a deal by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to buy railroad Burlington Northern failed to offset UBS results and the shake-up at the two British banks. [.N] PRICES * On the New York Mercantile Exchange, at 9:30 a.m. EST (1430 GMT), December crude CLZ9 was down $1.11, or 1.42 percent, at $77.02 a barrel, trading from $76.55 to $78.46. * In London, December Brent crude LCOZ9 fell 97 cents, or 1.27 percent, to $75.58 a barrel, trading from $75.08 to $76.94. * NYMEX December RBOB RBZ9 fell 3.78 cents, or 1.9 percent, to $1.9525 a gallon, trading from $1.9379 to $1.9990. * NYMEX December heating oil HOZ9 fell 3.42 cents, or 1.67 percent, to $2.0118 a gallon, trading from $2.0030 to $2.0548. * The December/December RBOB crack spread <0#RB-CL=R> was at $4.98, after ending at $5.46 on Monday. The December/December heating oil crack spread <0#CL-HO=R> was at $7.61, after ending at $7.80 on Monday. * The spread between the current front month and the five-year forward crude contract CLc61 was at $14.44, based on the December 2014 contract Monday settlement at $91.46. The spread ended Monday at $13.33. TECHNICALS NYMEX crude 10-day/20-day moving average: $79.10/$77.07 Technical support/resistance: NYMEX crude: $76.20/$78.00 NYMEX heating oil: $1.9635/$2.1045 NYMEX RBOB: $1.9335/$2.0605 For a full report on technicals, click on [ID:nL3599109] MARKET NEWS * A Reuters survey of analysts on Monday yielded a forecast for crude stocks to have risen 1.5 million barrels last week and for distillate supply to have slipped 500,000 barrels and gasoline stocks to have risen 300,000 barrels. [EIA/S] * Copper prices fell as investors sold ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting on monetary policy in the United States and U.S. economic data. [ID:nL3566864] (Reporting by Robert Gibbons; editing by Jim Marshall)

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