U.S. crude stocks fell while gasoline and distillate inventories rose as demand weakened in the most recent week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday. Oil and fuel inventories have generally been declining as demand has ramped up with the U.S. economy booming. This week’s report reversed that trend, if only temporarily, and added to some of the bearish sentiment that has brought oil prices down in recent days. Crude inventories (USOILC=ECI) fell by 910,000 barrels in the week to Nov. 26 to 433.1 million barrels, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.2 million-barrel drop. Both gasoline and distillate stocks, which include diesel and jet fuel, rose much more than expected. U.S. gasoline stocks (USOILG=ECI) rose by 4 million barrels in the week, the EIA said, compared with expectations for a 29,000-barrel rise. Distillate stockpiles (USOILD=ECI) , which include diesel […]