Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline refining margins firm

US gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI fell by 1.7 million barrels last week to 206 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 95,000-barrel build. EIA/S

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Wednesday said a US ban on diesel exports would not work and could push up gasoline and jet fuel prices, a stance at odds with President Donald Trump, who is backing the idea.

• About 8,000 metric tons of gasoline E5 barges traded, including 4,000 tons of winter grade, as Exxon Mobil sold to Gunvor.
• A further 8,000 metric tons of gasoline E10 barges traded, half of which was winter grade, as TOTSA and Glencore sold to Varo.