By Claudia Assis
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures fall after four days of gains, hit by fears of an inventories increase. Crude for October delivery CL1V -0.59% lost 36 cents, or 0.5%, to $88.50, paring some of its earlier decline. A trade group reported late Tuesday an unexpected increase in weekly inventories. The Energy Information Administration is scheduled to present its official data at 10:30 Eastern. Analysts polled by Platts expect the data to show crude-oil supplies falling by around 1.2 million barrels as low imports more than offset the release of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve.
