– U.S. crude stocks unexpectedly fell in the latest week, official data showed Wednesday.
The EIA said crude inventories fell by 2.166 mn barrels after a rise of 1.566 mn barrels the previous week.
Crude inventories were forecast to rise by 87,000 barrels.
Gasoline stocks fell by 2.973 mn barrels after a fall of 618,00 mn barrels the previous week.
Gasoline inventories were expected to fall by 1.721 mn barrels.
WTI was off 0.02% at $53,39 after data release.
