Cash differentials for gasoline fell slightly and diesel gained in the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday, with few trades recorded ahead of scheduling of fuel deliveries on Colonial Pipeline's 48th pumping cycle of this year, traders said.
U.S. Gulf Coast M2 conventional gasoline RU-DIFF-USG fell a quarter of a cent to 3.25 cents above the gasoline futures benchmark RBc1 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, and A2 CBOB gasoline CBOB-DIFF-USG also fell 0.25 cent to 17.5 cents below futures, traders said.
Gulf Coast 62-grade ultra-low sulfur diesel ULSD-DIFF-USG rose 0.25 cent to 5 cents below the ULSD futures benchmark HOc1.
Chicago CBOB gasoline CBOB-DIFF-MC was little changed at 2.5 cents above futures, and Chicago ULSD ULSD-DIFF-MC rose 5.25 cents to 11.25 cents below diesel futures.
Elsewhere in the Midwest, Group 3 V-grade gasoline RUV-DIFF-G3 fell 1.5 cents to 15 cents above futures, and Group 3 diesel ULSD-DIFF-G3 gained a cent to 16 cents under the benchmark.
Gasoline futures rose 5.61 cents to settle at $3.1841 a gallon, and ULSD futures gained 3.23 cents to settle at $4.2829 a gallon on Friday.
Renewable fuel (D6) credits RIN-D6-US for 2026 rose to $2.13 each, from $2.125 each in the previous session, traders said. Biomass-based (D4) credits RIN-D4-US rose to $2.175 each, from $2.16 each earlier, they said.