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 8.209 mn barrels after a rise of 1.501 mn barrels the previous week.
Crude inventories were forecast to rise by 1.967 mn barrels.
Gasoline stocks fell by 6.555 mn barrels after a fall of 546,000 barrels the previous week.
Gasoline inventories were expected to fall by 1.400 mn barrels.
U.S. crude pared losses and was off 0.87% at $52.68 after data release.