Elsewhere in the U.S. , the Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report that U.S. crude oil inventories fellMovement.down.lossby 1.233 million barrels last week following a gainMovement.up.gainof 250,000 in the preceding week .
`` Oil prices face yet another weekly gainMovement.up.gaindue to the weakSlow.weakU.S. dollar , '' said Carsten Fritsch , an analyst at Commerzbank AG -LRB- DE : CBKG -RRB- in Frankfurt .