U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $77.65 a barrel.
U.S. crude oil inventories rose 8.52 million barrels in the week ended Feb. 9, according to market sources citing American Petroleum Institute figures released late on Tuesday.
"The builds in crude oil were fairly bearish.
The API data showed gasoline inventories fell 7.23 million barrels and distillate stocks fell by 4.02 million barrels, both much larger declines than analysts expected.
Also weighing on the market, data on Tuesday showed U.S. consumer inflation stayed elevated last month.
Persons:
derrick, Brent
Organizations:
U.S . Federal, . West Texas, American Petroleum Institute, Reuters, ING, U.S . Energy, Administration
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