West Texas Intermediate traded near the highest price in a week as crude stockpiles fell at the main U.S. oil storage hub, and gasoline demand reached a three-month high. Brent was little changed in London. U.S. futures were down 0.1 percent after rising 1.1 percent yesterday to close above $100 a barrel for the first time in a week. Supplies at Cushing , Oklahoma, the delivery point for WTI, shrank for the eighth week to the lowest in two years, the Energy Information Administration said. President Barack Obama said yesterday that sanctions on Russia may include the energy sector. The U.S. publishes today initial jobless claims figures. “We have seen a small correction lower this morning on Obama’s comments yesterday about U.S. sanctions on Russia,” Myrto Sokou , senior analyst at Sucden Financial in London, said by phone. “The key economic data coming from the U.S. later will set […]