West Texas Intermediate traded near its lowest closing price for a week after the American Petroleum Institute reported that U.S. crude supplies expanded. Brent was steady in London as Russia called for an end to violence in Ukraine. Futures were little changed in New York after paring earlier gains of as much as 0.4 percent. Total U.S. crude inventories expanded by 3.49 million last week, the industry group said. Government data today may show a total gain of 500,000 barrels, according to a Bloomberg News survey . Russia called for “emergency” measures to halt violence in eastern Ukraine after separatist militias suffered the heaviest casualties of their insurgency. “The only thing that’s going to drive crude today is inventories,” Michael Hewson , market analyst at CMC Markets Plc, said from London. “You’ve got a pinch point at Cushing, but that doesn’t affect the overall supply for the U.S.” WTI […]