Oil prices rose Tuesday on expectations that inventory data due Wednesday would show U.S. crude-oil supplies fell last week. Concerns about an economic slowdown in China , coupled with persistently high production from some of the world’s biggest petroleum suppliers, have soured investor sentiment in recent weeks. Oil prices plunged into a bear market last month and have continued to fall in August. Prices rose slightly Tuesday after sinking to multimonth lows on Monday. Light, sweet crude for September delivery settled up 57 cents, or 1.3%, at $45.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, rose 47 cents, or 0.9%, to $49.99 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe. Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expect the U.S. Energy Information Administration to report Wednesday that U.S. crude-oil supplies fell by 1.5 million barrels last week. The closely watched weekly EIA report is due […]