Investing.com - U.S. crude stocks rose more than expected in the latest week, official data showed Wednesday.
The EIA said crude inventories rose by 9.527 mn barrels after a rise of 13.830 mn barrels the previous week.
Crude inventories were forecast to rise by 3.513 mn barrels.
Gasoline stocks rose by 2.846 mn barrels after a fall of 869,000 barrels the previous week.
Gasoline inventories were expected to fall by 752,000 barrels.
U.S. crude was off 0.45% at $52.96 after data release.