Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline refining profit margins stabilise

LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refinery profit margins were little changed on Monday, gaining just 4 cents to $8.77 a barrel.

• About 6,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 gasoline traded on barges as ExxonMobil and Equinor sold to Gunvor and Varo.

• In the Platts window, one bid for Eurobob E5 was tabled for December 31 - January 4 dates at $602 per metric ton.

• Another 7,000 tons of Eurobob E10 gasoline barges traded in the session, as TotalEnergies and BP were on the sell side, and Varo was the only buyer.

• U.S. gasoline stocks are expected to have risen by 1.1 million barrels last week, according to a preliminary Reuters poll of three analysts on Monday, ahead of weekly reports by the American Petroleum Institute at 4:30 p.m. EST (2130 GMT) on Tuesday, and the Energy Information Administration at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) on Monday, December 29.

• In company news, global commodities trader and miner Glencore has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch fuel supplier FincoEnergies for an undisclosed sum, the Dutch company said on Monday.

• Meanwhile, EU-27 and UK gasoline exports to other regions have averaged 676,000 barrels per day so far this month down from 952,000 bpd across the full month of November.