NEW YORK, April 3 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks rose while gasoline and distillate inventories fell in the week ending March 29, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
Crude inventories rose by 3.2 million barrels to 451.4 million barrels last week, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.5 million-barrel draw.
Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub fell by 377,000 barrels, the EIA said.
Refinery crude runs fell by 35,000 barrels per day, the EIA said.
U.S. gasoline stocks fell by 4.3 million barrels in the week to 227.8 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.8 million-barrel draw.
(Reporting by Laila Kearney and Shariq Khan)
