US crude stocks rise, gasoline and distillate inventories fall - EIA

U.S. crude stocks rose while gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories rose by 515,000 barrels to 442.9 million barrels in the week ended April 11, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 507,000-barrel rise. Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub fell by 654,000 barrels last week, the EIA said.