<div id="readability-page-1"><div> Northwest European gasoline refinery profit margins were little changed on Monday, gaining just 4 cents to $8.77 a barrel.<ul><li>About 6,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 gasoline traded on barges as ExxonMobil and Equinor sold to Gunvor and Varo.</li><li>In the Platts window, one bid for Eurobob E5 was tabled for December 31 - January 4 dates at $602 per metric ton.</li><li>Another 7,000 tons of Eurobob E10 gasoline barges traded in the session, as TotalEnergies and BP were on the sell side, and Varo was the only buyer.</li><li>U.S. gasoline stocks are expected to have risen by 1.1 million barrels last week, according to a preliminary Reuters poll of three analysts on Monday, ahead of weekly reports by the American Petroleum Institute at 4:30 p.m. EST (2130 GMT) on Tuesday, and the Energy Information Administration at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) on Monday, December 29. </li><li>In company news, global commodities trader and miner Glencore has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch fuel supplier FincoEnergies for an undisclosed sum, the Dutch company said on Monday.</li><li>Meanwhile, EU-27 and UK gasoline exports to other regions have averaged 676,000 barrels per day so far this month down from 952,000 bpd across the full month of November. </li></ul><div><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Trade</td><td>Bid</td><td>Offer</td><td>Prev.</td><td>Seller</td><td>Buyer</td></tr><tr><td>Ebob Barges MOC Platts E5(fob ARA)(EUROBOB-ARA)</td><td></td><td>$602</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ebob Barges E10 Platts (fob ARA)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ebob Barges Argus E5 (fob ARA)</td><td>$591.25-596.25 (6KT)</td><td></td><td></td><td>$581.25 (6KT)</td><td>ExxonMobil, Equinor</td><td>Gunvor, Varo</td></tr><tr><td>Ebob Barges E10 Argus (fob ARA)</td><td>$593.50 (7KT)</td><td></td><td></td><td>$583.25 (4KT)</td><td>TotalEnergies, BP</td><td>Varo</td></tr><tr><td>Jan. swap (fob ARA)</td><td>$601</td><td></td><td></td><td>$592</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Premium Unleaded (fob ARA)(PU-10PP-ARA)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cargoes(fob MED)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Jan +$2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cargoes (cif NWE)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Naphtha(cif NWE)(NAF-C-NWE)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table><tbody><tr><td>Ebob crack (per barrel)</td><td>$8.77</td><td>Prev. $8.73</td></tr><tr><td>Brent futures</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td>Rbob</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td>Rbob crack</td><td colspan="2">(RBc1-CLc1)</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>

Northwest European gasoline refinery profit margins remained stable, with a slight increase to $8.77 per barrel. Trading activities included ExxonMobil and Equinor selling Eurobob E5 gasoline to Gunvor and Varo, and TotalEnergies and BP selling Eurobob E10 to Varo. U.S. gasoline stocks are expected to rise by 1.1 million barrels. Glencore is acquiring a majority stake in Dutch fuel supplier FincoEnergies. EU-27 and UK gasoline exports have decreased this month compared to November.

Gasoline refining profit margins stabilise