Crude ends lower on inventory rise, reserves talk

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude futures fell Wednesday on a sharp rise in crude inventories in the United States and the prospect of a release of U.S. and some European strategic oil reserves.

U.S. May crude fell $1.92, or 1.79 percent, to settle at $105.41 a barrel, having traded from $104.67 to $106.94.

(Reporting by Robert Gibbons)