Wall Street Journal | Oil Pares Gains on Bigger-Than-Expected Increase in Inventories Wall Street Journal Oil prices pared their gains Wednesday after inventory data from the U.S. Energy Department showed a bigger-than-expected increase in crude inventories in the latest week. Oil touched its highs for the year earlier in the day, with U.S. prices breaking ... Oil prices hit six-month high Oil price at highest level since November Falling output and weaker dollar push oil to 2016 high |