The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for December delivery gained 39 cents to settle at 41.82 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for January delivery rose 59 cents to close at 44.34 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.
U.S. crude oil inventories increased by 0.8 million barrels during the week ending Nov. 13, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report on Wednesday.
At 489.5 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories were about 6 percent above the five-year average for this time of year.
Analysts had estimated the EIA publication would show an increase of 1.7 million barrels in U.S. crude oil stocks last week, according to a Reuters poll.
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