Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline margins fall on expectations of US stocks build

LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining profit margins fell by about 66 cents on Monday to $6.04, as analyst forecasts suggested a rise in U.S. gasoline stocks last week.

• About 4,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 barges traded. Shell sold to Trafigura.

• A further 4,000 tons of Eurobob E10 traded, which Shell sold to Varo.

• Analysts estimated stockpiles of gasoline USOILG=ECI rose by about 400,000 barrels over the week to Dec. 27, a Reuters poll showed on Monday.

• Gasoline inventories independently held in ARA storage fell by 1% on the week to 1.36 million tons but levels remained near their highest in more than a year, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed on Friday.

• Nigeria said on Monday that it had resumed some operations at its Warri oil refinery after almost a decade of shutdowns - one of a string of long-running failures that have left Africa's largest crude exporter importing most of its fuel.

(Reporting by Robert Harvey
Editing by David Goodman
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