WTI rises as stockpiles may fall to 18-month low

West Texas Intermediate crude increased on Wednesday snapping its four day losing streak before a data showed that inventories in the U.S., the world's largest consumer of the crude, declined 1 million barrels to the lowest level in 18 months last week. WTI futures gained as much as 0.6% after they dropped to their lowest level in a 8-week period yesterday.