Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline cracks gain

LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline profit margins rose by $2.02 on Wednesday to about $16.36 a barrel despite a rise in stockpiles.

• A total of 4,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 gasoline barges traded as Exxon sold to Vitol.

• An additional 6,000 tons of Eurobob E10 gasoline barges traded in the session, with Shell selling to Trafigura and Varo.

• U.S. gasoline stocks rose 2.5 million barrels in the week, the EIA said on Wednesday, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 745,000-barrel build.​ EIA/S

• Gasoline inventories rose by 539,000 barrels, market sources said, citing American Petroleum Institute figures on Tuesday.

• Nigeria's Dangote has signed a contract with Engineers India Ltd to help double its refining capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd) in three years, its head Aliko Dangote told a press conference in Mumbai.

• BP's 440,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana, has returned to normal operations following a planned maintenance turnaround in September and a fire in October, two sources said.

• Meanwhile, EU and UK gasoline exports are on track to reach 913,000 barrels per day in November, Kpler data showed, compared with 942,000 bpd last month.