Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline profit rises on lower inventories

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline profit margins rose 85 cents to $13.02 a barrel on Thursday, buoyed by stockdraws on both sides of the Atlantic.

• A single 2,000 metric ton barge of Eurobob E5 gasoline traded, with Trafigura selling to BP.

• An additional 11,000 tons of Eurobob E10 barges traded as Trafigura and Gunvor sold to MB Energy and Varo.

• Trafigura sold a cargo to Vitol for Augusta loading.

• Gasoline stocks independently held in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub fell 3.8% on the week to 1.17 million metric tons, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed on Thursday.

• Meanwhile, U.S. gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI fell by 2.7 million barrels in the week to 228.4 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.6 million-barrel draw, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.​

• EU and UK gasoline and blending component exports to other regions averaged 920,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July, broadly steady from June levels, Kpler data showed.