* U.S. gasoline stocks rose last week by 1.7 million barrels to 222.9
million
barrels, EIA data showed, compared with forecasts for a 1.2 million-barrel drop.
* Oil prices fell 4% on Wednesday, extending steep losses from the previous
session, as investors fretted about the health of the U.S. economy ahead of an
expected Federal Reserve interest rate hike later in the day. ?
* Northwest European gasoline exports for April stood at 1.39 million tonnes
as of
Friday, down from the 1.79 million tonnes exported the previous month, Refinitiv
data showed.
* Argus said on Wednesday that starting Jan. 1 2024, it will calculate its
Argus
Eurobob oxy (E5) price as a premium/discount to the non-oxy price (E10). The
Eurobob non-oxy (E10) barge price will continue to be assessed using a volume
weighted average of transactions agreed during the trading day.
Trades Bids Offers Prev. Sellers Buyers
(vol.) Trades
Ebob $762 Trafigu Varo
Barges ra
MOC
Platts
E5
(fob
ARA)
<EUROBOB
-ARA>
Ebob
Barges
E10
Platts(f
ob ARA)
Ebob $771-$7 $820.25 Total, Varo,
Barges 82.75 (14.2KT) Gunvor Trafigur
Argus a
E5(fob
AR)
Ebob $770-$7 $827.75 Shell Exxon,
Barges 81.75 (8.5KT) BP
E10
Argus
(fob AR)
June $723 $758
swap fob
ARA
Premium $760
Unleaded
(fob
ARA)
<PU-10PP
-ARA>
Cargoes
(fob
MED)
Cargoes
(cif
NEW)
Naphtha
(cif
NEW)
<NAF-C-N
WE>
Ebob crack (per barrel) $19.1 Prev. $20.1
Brent futures Rbob Rbob crack (Reporting by Ron Bousso
Editing by Mark Potter)
