West Texas Intermediate crude traded near the highest price in three days before supply data that will signal the strength of fuel demand in the U.S., the world’s biggest oil consumer. Brent in London was steady. Futures were little changed in New York after snapping a five-day losing streak yesterday. Gasoline stockpiles probably fell for the first time since June last week, according to a Bloomberg News survey before a government report tomorrow. Kurdish fighters in Iraq retook northern border towns seized by militants from Islamic State, a breakaway al-Qaeda group, the Kurdistan Democratic Party said on its website. “The market seems to have marked the bottom of its recent sharp downward correction,” Christopher Bellew , senior broker at Jefferies Bache Ltd. in London, said by e-mail. “Prices are holding as geopolitical tension offers support.” WTI for September delivery was at $98.49 a barrel, up 20 cents at 8:58 […]