West Texas Intermediate rose for the first time in three days after an industry report showed crude inventories fell in the U.S, the world’s largest oil consumer. Futures climbed as much as 0.5 percent after capping a 7.2 percent annual gain in 2013. The American Petroleum Institute reported U.S. oil supplies slid 5.67 million barrels last week. Data from the Energy Information Administration is forecast to show they decreased by 2.83 million barrels to 364.7 million, according to a Bloomberg News survey before the data is released tomorrow. An official gauge of manufacturing in China , the world’s second-biggest oil user, fell to a four-month low. “There are some people in quiet holiday trading who are thinking prices may have fallen far enough,” said Ric Spooner, a chief analysts at CMC Markets in Sydney. Prices are down 1.4 percent since Dec. 27, when they closed above $100 a barrel […]