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U.S. stocks fell after weak earnings reports from Walmart and Alibaba.

US crude oil stocks, including those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, fell by 900,000 barrels in the week ended Aug. 14 following an increase of 11.3 million barrels in the previous week. Excluding inventories in the SPR,