Oil prices edge higher after US stocks build less than expected

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(Reuters) – Oil prices ticked higher on Thursday after U.S. crude inventories rose less than expected last week and fuel stocks saw large draws. Brent crude futures rose 15 cents to $83.11 a barrel by 0021 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 18 cents to $79.31 a barrel. The benchmarks edged up about 1% on Wednesday after crude inventories rose for a sixth week in a row, building by 1.4 million barrels, about two-thirds of the 2.1 million-barrel rise analysts had forecast in a Reuters poll. Gasoline and distillate stocks fell more-than-expected, the EIA data also showed….

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