Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline cracks inch up

LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline profit margins rose 27 cents to $20.23 a barrel on Thursday on low stocks and supply.

• A total of 5,500 metric tons of Eurobob E5 barges were traded, with Gunvor and Sahara selling to BP, Trafigura and Exxon.

• An additional 4,000 tons of E10 barges were traded in total, with Gunvor selling to Equinor.

• Gasoline stocks held independently in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp refining and storage hub stood at 1.16 million metric tons, or 1.5% lower from last week, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed. ARA/

• Ukraine said its drones had struck a major oil processing and petrochemical complex and an oil refinery in Russia, part of an intensifying campaign to disrupt Moscow's oil and gas sector.

• Parts of Russia have been suffering from gasoline shortages as a result.

• China's exports of gasoline stood at 850,000 tons in August, up 10% year-on-year. From January to August, China exported 5.67 million tons of gasoline, down 12.5% from the same period last year.

• EU and UK gasoline exports reached 859,000 barrels per day in September so far, according to Kpler data, compared with 863,000 bpd in August.

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