LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining profit margins rose by over $1 to $7.32 a barrel on Wednesday, even as data showed a bigger than expected increase in U.S. inventories.
* About 8,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 barges traded. Shell and BP sold to Gunvor, Sahara and TotalEnergies.
* A further 6,000 tons of E10 gasoline traded. BP and Total sold to Varo.
* U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 6.3 million barrels last week to 237.7 million barrels, EIA data showed, compared with analysts' expectations for a 1.5 million-barrel build.
* EU-27 and UK gasoline exports reached 908,000 barrels per day in December, Kpler data showed, down from 1.2 million bpd in November.
* EU-27 and UK gasoline exports to the U.S. dropped to 152,000 bpd in December, from 210,000 bpd in November, according to Kpler. Exports to West Africa fell nearly 40% to 246,000 bpd.
* Sales of gasoline in India were up 10.8% in December from a year earlier at 3.3 million metric tons, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed on Tuesday.
Trade Bid Offer Prev. Seller Buyer
Ebob Barges
MOC Platts
E5
(fob ARA)
<EUROBOB-AR
A>
Ebob Barges
E10 Platts
(fob ARA)
Ebob Barges $700-$70 $698.50 Shell, Gunvor
Argus E5 3 (6KT) BP ,
(fob AR) Sahara
,
Total
Ebob Barges $700.75- $697.50 BP, Varo
E10 Argus $703.25 (4KT) Total
(fob AR)
Feb. swap $705.50
(fob ARA)
Premium
Unleaded
(fob ARA)
<PU-10PP-AR
A>
Cargoes Feb Jan
(fob MED) -$1.50 +$3
; Feb
-$2
Cargoes $742
(cif NWE)
Naphtha Jan +
(cif NWE) $3
Ebob crack (per barrel) $7.31 Prev. $6.06
Brent futures
Rbob
Rbob crack
(Reporting by Ron Bousso Editing by Mark Potter)
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