UPDATE 1 — US crude stocks fall on hurricane production shut — ins; distillate inventories fall, EIA says

(Adds comments in paragraph 3, 10; prices in paragraph 6 and 7) HOUSTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) — US crude stocks and distillate inventories fell while gasoline inventories rose last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Thursday. Crude inventories fell by 8.6 million barrels to 415.6 million barrels in the week ended October 9, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 288,000-barrel draw. "This is definitely a hurricane report.... There was nobody bringing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, avoided that like the plague last week with the hurricane spinning around," said Bob Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho. Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub rose by 1.9 million barrels in the week, the EIA said. Refinery crude runs rose by 135,000 barrels per day, the EIA said. Refinery utilization rates rose by 0.8 percentage points in the week to 93.5%. Crude oil futures and diesel futures largely held steady after the report, while gasoline futures extended losses after a surprise build. US West Texas Intermediate crude traded 43.07, or 3.2%, higher at $98.16 at 12:16 p.m. ET, while Brent crude futures 15 cents, or 0.1% at $106.21