Oil Falls With Growing U.S. Crude Supplies and Fuel Demand Fears

  • Domestic oil inventories rose for first time since mid-July
  • Gauge of gasoline demand falls for first time in five weeks

Mobile offshore drilling units stand in the Port of Cromarty Firth in Cromarty, U.K.

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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Oil resumed its trek downward after U.S. government data showed growing domestic crude supplies and wavering gasoline demand.

Futures in New York fell toward $37 a barrel after an Energy Information Administration report showed domestic crude stockpiles increased for the first time since mid-July. Inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma, storage hub rose to the highest since May and crude production edged up.