The U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA) revealed on Wednesday that crude inventories increased
by 5.702 million barrels in the week ended October 25. Economists had forecast
a gain of 0.500 million barrels.
At the same
time, gasoline stocks declined by 3.037 million barrels, while analysts had
expected a drop of 2.300 million barrels. Distillate stocks reduced by 1.032
million barrels, while analysts had forecast a decrease of 2.400 million
barrels.
Meanwhile, oil
production in the U.S. was unchanged at 12.600 million barrels a day.
U.S. crude oil
imports averaged 6.7 million barrels per day last week, up by 840,000 barrels
per day from the previous week.