API ReportU.S. crude stocks rose more than expected last week, while gasoline inventories increased and distillate stocks drew, data from industry group the American Petroleum Institute showed on Tuesday.. . Crude inventories rose by 6.9 million barrels in the week to April 19 to 459.6 million, compared with analysts' expectations for an increase of 1.3 million barrels. Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub fell by 389,000 barrels, API said.. . Refinery crude runs rose by 225,000 barrels per day, API data showed.. . Gasoline stocks rose by 2.2 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1 million-barrel decline.. . Distillate fuels stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 865,000 barrels, compared with expectations for a 1.2 million-barrel drop, the API data showed.. . U.S. crude imports rose last week by 793,000 barrels per day to 7.4 million bpd.