This morning the New York futures for Brent fell 0.44% to $ 54.82 and WTI was down 0.82% to $ 51.74. Thus, the black gold prices traded in the red zone, on the background of the increase in US oil inventories and weakening demand from China. US crude stocks rose by 14.2 million barrels to 503.6 million over the week, according to API while analysts had expected an increase of 2.5 million barrels.