Wall Street Journal | Oil Prices Fall After Inventory Report Wall Street Journal DEVELOPING STORY. Nymex Crude Turns Negative After EIA Report, after Initially Extending Gains. U.S. Crude Oil Stocks Fall; Analysts Had Predicted Small Rise. More to come. Earlier: Oil prices rose Wednesday ahead of weekly U.S. inventory data, which ... The big oil battle has just started International Energy Agency says oil market remains loose Oil glut worsens as OPEC market-share battle just beginning: IEA |