Oil was steady in New York after an unexpected drop in U.S. stockpiles spurred the biggest gain in two weeks yesterday. Prices fell in London . Futures gained 0.2 percent in New York after rising 1.5 percent yesterday. U.S. crude stockpiles shrank by 3.06 million barrels to 382.4 million in the week ended Jan. 2, the Energy Information Administration said yesterday. A median increase of 700,000 barrels was projected in a Bloomberg survey. Credit Suisse Group AG cut its forecast for this year’s increase in U.S. crude output by 500,000 barrels a day. “We were due for a minor correction upwards,” Michael Poulsen, an analyst at Global Risk Management Ltd. in Middelfart, Denmark , said by e-mail. “On an isolated basis crude draws were mildly bullish. Intraday fluctuations of 3 percent seem to be the temporary new normal.” Oil’s collapse has been so rapid and so driven by sentiment […]