Crude-oil futures rose in Asian trading hours Wednesday ahead of weekly data on U.S. oil stockpiles and with Ukraine continuing its crackdown on separatists. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in June traded at $100.15 a barrel at 0508 GMT, up $0.65 in the Globex electronic session. June Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures exchange rose $0.26 to $107.32 a barrel. Late Tuesday, the American Petroleum Institute, an industry group, said its data showed a 1.8 million-barrel drop in weekly U.S. crude stocks, while gasoline supplies rose by 2.4 million barrels and distillate stocks grew by 763,000 barrels. The more closely watched survey from the U.S. Energy Information Administration is due later Wednesday. Analysts surveyed expect an increase of 1.2 million barrels in the week ended May 2. “Seasonally, demand conditions for oil start improving toward the end of May […]