Investing.com -- Crude oil inventories rose more than expected last week, according to Tuesday's report by the American Petroleum Institute.
The API said crude inventories rose 1.75 million barrels for the week ending June 19, compared to expectations for a build of 300,000 barrels. In the previous week, crude inventory rose 3.9 million barrels.
Government data due out Wednesday morning is expected to show a build of 299,000 barrels after an increase of 1.2 million the previous week.
The numbers from the Energy Information Institute are due at 10:30 AM ET (14:30 GMT).
U.S. crude oil futures fell 1.33% following Tuesday's report after settling down 0.88% at $40.37 a barrel in regular trading.