Distillates, Diesel Supplies Down for Week

rude oil and gasoline supplies rose last week but distillates, which include diesel, declined, the Energy Department said Thursday.

istillates, which include heating oil and diesel fuel, fell by 1.3 million barrels, below the 1.5 million barrels that was forecast.

Diesel supplies plunged 1.7 million barrels, Bloomberg reported, though stockpiles were 9.1% above the five-year average.

asoline inventories rose 189,000 barrels, the eighth straight increase, but below the 1 million gain forecast.