Investing.com - U.S. crude stocks rose less than expected in the latest week, official data showed Wednesday.
The EIA said crude inventories rose by 1.501 mn barrels after a rise of 564,000 barrels the previous week.
Crude inventories were forecast to rise by 3.079 mn barrels.
Gasoline stocks fell by 546,000 barrels after a fall of 2.628 mn barrels the previous week.
Gasoline inventories were expected to fall by 1.789 mn barrels.
U.S. crude was up 0.54% at $54.30 after data release.