Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline profit margins jump

LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline profit margins jumped by about $2 to $12.87 a barrel on Wednesday, despite data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) showing fuel stocks gained last week.

• A total of 8,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 barges traded, with Varo and Shell selling to Trafigura and BP.

• A further 12,000 tons of Eurobob E10 barges traded, with TotalEnergies, Sahara, Shell and Trafigura selling to Exxon, MB Energy, Varo and BP.

• In the U.S., the EIA said gasoline inventories rose by 209,000 barrels for the week ending June 13, compared with forecasts for a 627,000-barrel build.

• China's exports of refined products, which include diesel, gasoline, aviation fuel and marine fuel, dropped 17.7% year-on-year to 4.41 million tons in May due to maintenance at both state-owned and independent refiners.

• Russia increased gasoline exports by railway by a quarter year-on-year between January and May to around 2.51 million tons on an easing fuel embargo, two market sources said and Reuters calculations showed.

• A 90,000 metric ton cargo of gasoline from Nigeria's Dangote refinery will be sold out of the region for the first time and bound for Asia, a source familiar with the matter said. Previously, the refinery's cargoes have stayed in west Africa.