U.S. oil futures on Wednesday marked their lowest settlement price of the year so far after official data revealed a weekly rise in commercial crude inventories following nine consecutive weekly declines.

Oil prices fell on Wednesday, following a rise in U.S. crude stockpiles and easing worries over Libyan supply, while focus turned to potential U.S. tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.

Wednesday closed down -1.15 (-1.56%), and March RBOB gasoline (RBH25) closed down -0.0150 (-0.72%). Crude and gasoline prices Wednesday settled moderately lower, with crude falling to a 2-1/2 week low.

Two Just Stop Oil activists have been charged after a West End production of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver was disrupted. Protesters took to the stage of the Drury Lane theatre on Monday, with footage later posted online of a pair carrying a sign that said "over 1.

Two Just Stop Oil protesters charged after Sigourney Weaver play disrupted - The Metropolitan Police announced the 60-year-old and 42-year-old would appear in court on 25 February

Two people have been arrested after campaign group Just Stop Oil disrupted a West End Shakespeare performance starring Sigourney Weaver. Two protesters took to the stage on Monday at the Theatre Royal during a production of The Tempest carrying a sign reading "over 1.