Gasoline climbed to a five-week high as an Energy Information Administration report yesterday showed that stockpiles rose less than analysts expected after winter weather swept the U.S. Northeast last week. Prices advanced 1.6 percent. Gasoline inventories grew by 505,000 barrels last week, said the EIA, the Energy Department’s statistical arm. Supplies were forecast to increase by 1.15 million, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey. “Gasoline may be supported by the fact that the inventory build yesterday was far less than the market anticipated in light of the poor weather,” said Andy Lipow , president of Lipow Oil Associates LLC in Houston. March-delivery gasoline rose 4.17 cents to $2.683 a gallon on the New York Mercantile Exchange , the highest settlement since Jan. 2. Trading volume was 22 percent above the 100-day average as of 3:08 p.m. Futures jumped the most in two weeks as refineries […]