Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline margins slip

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining profit margins fell by more than $2 a barrel on Wednesday to $5.38, amid weaker export demand.

• A total of 4,000 metric tons of E5 gasoline barges traded as Vitol and Litasco sold to TotalEnergies and Trafigura.

• Another 8,000 tons of Eurobob E10 traded as TotalEnergies sold to Mabanaft and Shell.

• EU and UK gasoline exports are on track to reach 560,000 barrels per day in March, according to Kpler data, down from 870,000 bpd in February.

• Nigeria's Dangote refinery announced on Wednesday that it was temporarily suspending fuel sales in the local naira currency to avoid a mismatch between sales in naira and purchases of crude in dollars.

• The decision by the 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote refinery to sell its fuel in dollars could lead to a hike in petrol prices and a weakening of the naira as local fuel traders scramble for greenbacks.