<p>LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refinery profit margins fell by $3.37 to $2.46 a barrel on Thursday as rising crude prices weighed.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>About 6,000 metric tons of E5 gasoline barges traded in the Argus window, with ExxonMobil and Sahara selling to Trafigura and MB Energy.</p></li>
<li><p>Another 6,000 tons of E10 gasoline barges traded in the Argus window, as Trafigura sold to Varo.</p></li>
<li><p>Total oil product stocks held independently in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub fell by about 2% on the week, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed on Thursday.</p></li>
<li><p>Stocks stood at 5.77 million tons, the data showed.</p></li>
<li><p>Gasoline stocks fell by 2.7% to 1.36 million tons as exports slowed, Insights Global’s Rick Veringmeier said.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Trade    Bid      Offer  Prev.  Seller  Buyer</p>
<p>Ebob              $940</p>
<p>Barges</p>
<h3>MOC</h3>
<p>Platts</p>
<h3>E5</h3>
<p>(fob</p>
<h3>ARA)</h3>
<p>Ebob</p>
<p>Barges</p>
<h3>E10</h3>
<p>Platts</p>
<p>(fob</p>
<h3>ARA)</h3>
<p>Ebob    $936.75                  $856.  Sahara  Trafig</p>
<p>Barges  (6KT)                    25     ,       ura,</p>
<p>Argus                            (4KT)  Exxon   MB</p>
<p>E5                                              Energy</p>
<p>(fob</p>
<h3>ARA)</h3>
<p>Ebob    $943                     $873   Trafig  Varo</p>
<p>Barges  (6KT)                    (14KT  ura</p>
<h3>E10                              )</h3>
<p>Argus</p>
<p>(fob</p>
<h3>ARA)</h3>
<p>April   $952                     $896.</p>
<p>swap                             75</p>
<p>(fob</p>
<h3>ARA)</h3>
<p>Premiu</p>
<p>m</p>
<p>Unlead</p>
<p>ed</p>
<p>(fob</p>
<h3>ARA)</h3>
<p>Cargoe</p>
<p>s</p>
<p>(fob</p>
<h3>MED)</h3>
<p>Cargoe</p>
<p>s (cif</p>
<h3>NWE)</h3>
<p>Naphth</p>
<p>a</p>
<p>(cif</p>
<h3>NWE)</h3>
<p>Ebob crack  $2.46              Prev. $5.83</p>
<p>(per</p>
<p>barrel)</p>
<p>Brent        (LCOc1)</p>
<p>futures</p>
<p>Rbob         (RBc1)</p>
<p>Rbob crack</p>

Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline refining margins slide