Investing.com - U.S. crude stocks unexpectedly rose in the latest week, official data showed Wednesday.
The EIA said crude inventories rose by 2.256 mn barrels after a drop of 2.563 mn barrels the previous week.
Crude inventories were forecast to fall by 2.515 mn barrels.
Gasoline stocks fell 1.309 mn barrels after a hike of 497,000 mn the previous week.
Gasoline inventories were expected to rise by 1.420 mn barrels.
U.S. crude was off 0.13% at $53.23 after data release.