US crude stocks fall, gasoline and distillate inventories rise - EIA

NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks fell while gasoline and distillate inventories rose last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.

Crude inventories fell by 4.3 million barrels to 436.1 million barrels in the week ended May 30, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1 million-barrel draw.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub USOICC=ECI rose by 576,000 barrels, the EIA said.

Refinery crude runs USOICR=ECI rose by 670,000 barrels per day, the EIA said.

Refinery utilization rates USOIRU=ECI rose by 3.2 percentage points in the week.

U.S. gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI rose by 5.2 million barrels in the week to 228.3 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 600,000-barrel build.​

Distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 4.2 million barrels in the week to 107.6 million barrels, versus expectations for a 1 million-barrel rise, the EIA data showed.

Net U.S. crude imports USOICI=ECI rose last week by 389,000 barrels per day, EIA said.