USA - weekly EIA inventory report:
- Crude oil stocks: Actual: +3.95 mb; expected -1.6 mb; previously -6.31 mb
- Gasoline stocks: Actual: +5,56 mb; expected +0.4 mb; previously -2.67 mb
Oil prices fall 0.4% after large weekly rise in US crude and fuel inventories

Source: xStation 5
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