An oil pump jack can be seen in Cisco, Texas, August 23, 2015. U.S. crude stocks rose unexpectedly last week on a bigger-than-expected build in distillate and gasoline inventories and higher imports, data from the Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday. Oil futures slid after the report that crude inventories rose by 2.6 million barrels in the last week, surprising analysts who had expected a decrease of 2.5 million barrels. Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub rose by 892,000 barrels to a record, EIA said. The data painted a bearish picture across the board, underscoring concerns about falling distillate demand during the warm holiday week while imports and domestic stocks grew. “It is a tough data set for the bulls to deal with as we end 2015, “said John Kilduff, partner at New York energy hedge fund Again Capital. “Imports rebounded by over 500,000 barrels to nearly […]