US Gasoline, Distillate Inventories Continue to Fall

Crude oil inventories in the United States saw an increase of 500,000 barrels during the week ending April 11, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration released on Wednesday. Crude oil prices were trading up in a rare show of strength prior to the crude data release by the U.S. Energy Information Administration after a sharp dip over the last couple of weeks in the wake of the tariff war between the United States and China. On Tuesday, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a build of 2.4 million barrels in…