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# Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline refining margins slide

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.

-   About 6,000 metric tons of E5 gasoline barges traded in the Argus window, with ExxonMobil and Sahara selling to Trafigura and MB Energy.
    
-   Another 6,000 tons of E10 gasoline barges traded in the Argus window, as Trafigura sold to Varo.
    
-   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.
    
-   Stocks stood at 5.77 million tons, the data showed.
    
-   Gasoline stocks fell by 2.7% to 1.36 million tons as exports slowed, Insights Global’s Rick Veringmeier said.
    

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