Question: are crude oil prices falling?
Answer: Brent crude slipped 25 cents, or 0.7%, to $35.04 a barrel by 0334 GMT and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $33.18 a barrel, down 53 cents, or 1.6%. ... Thursday's data from the Energy Information Administration showed that U.S.crude oil and distillate inventories rose sharply last week.