Asia Naphtha/Gasoline-Naphtha margins extend losses; Pakistan's PSO seeks Dec-loading gasoline
SINGAPORE, Nov 6 (Reuters) -Asia's gasoline margins slipped on Wednesday, despite another day of high trading volumes in the benchmark gasoline grade, with 400,000 barrels changing hands.
For the third consecutive session, Saudi Aramco was the top seller, accounting for 50% of the 92-octane gasoline traded.
The crack dipped to $4.91 per barrel over Brent crude, from $6.02 on Tuesday.
With Donald Trump increasingly poised to retake the White House, regional traders remain relatively bearish on the short-term gains in the spot market for gasoline markets.
In tenders, Pakistan's PSO was seeking 92-octane gasoline for the loading period during Dec. 25-31, according to the company website. The tender closes on Nov. 18.
In naphtha, the crack dipped for the third session to $109.33 per metric ton over Brent crude.
The demand for light distillate is under pressure from due to planned maintenances at a few ethylene crackers in the region this month, according to an LSEG report.
"An unexpected two-week-long shutdown at Taiwanese CPC's 720,000 metric ton/year No.3 Kaohsiung cracker due to a power trip last month due to a typhoon likely crimped some demand for the light distillate," the report said.
INVENTORIES
At the Fujairah commercial hub, light distillate stocks, including naphtha and gasoline, fell by 427,000 barrels to 5.926 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 4, S&P Global Commodity Insights data showed. FUJAIRAH/
U.S. gasoline inventories fell 928,000 barrels, and distillate stocks dropped by 852,000 barrels, market sources said, citing the American Petroleum Institute. API/S
NEWS
Oil prices fell as much as 2% on Wednesday after two sessions of gains, as the dollar surged on projections that Republican Donald Trump had won the U.S. presidential election, and as U.S. crude stocks rose more than forecast. O/R
Commodities from oil to metals and grains slid as the dollar strengthened.
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has cut the price for the flagship Arab light crude it sells to Asia in December by 50 cents to $1.70 a barrel above the Oman/Dubai average, Saudi Aramco 2223.SE said in a statement on Tuesday.
SINGAPORE CASH DEALS O/AS
Eight gasoline deals and no naphtha trade.
PRICES
CASH | ASIA CLOSE | Change | Prev Close | RIC |
OSN Naphtha CFR Japan M1 ($/mt) | 666.50 | -8.75 | 675.25 | NAF-1H-TYO |
OSN Naphtha CFR Japan M2 ($/mt) | 660.00 | -9.00 | 669.00 | NAF-2H-TYO |
OSN Naphtha Diff ($/mt) | 6.50 | 0.25 | 6.25 | NAF-TYO-DIF |
Naphtha Netback FOB Sing ($/bbl) | 72.06 | -0.92 | 72.98 | NAF-SIN |
Naphtha Diff FOB Sing | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.40 | NAF-SIN-DIF |
Naphtha-Brent Crack ($/mt) | 109.33 | -2.07 | 111.40 | NAF-SIN-CRK |
Gasoline 97 ($/bbl) | 84.24 | -2.00 | 86.24 | GL97-SIN |
Gasoline 95 ($/bbl) | 84.80 | -2.00 | 86.80 | GL95-SIN |
Gasoline 92 ($/bbl) | 79.20 | -2.00 | 81.20 | GL92-SIN |
Gasoline crack ($/bbl) | 4.91 | -1.11 | 6.02 | GL92-SIN-CRK |
For a list of derivatives prices, including margins, please double click the RICs below. | ||||
Brent M1 | BRENTSGMc1 | |||
Naphtha CFR Japan M1 | NACFRJPSWMc1 | |||
Naphtha CFR Japan M1/M2 | NACFRJPSDMc1 | |||
Naphtha CFR Japan M2 | NACFRJPSWMc2 | |||
Naphtha Japan-Sing Netback M1 | NAPTC4SPDMc1 | |||
Naphtha Japan-Sing Netback M2 | NAPTC4SPDMc2 | |||
Naphtha FOB Sing M1 | NAFOBSGSWMc1 | |||
Naphtha FOB Sing M1/M2 | NAFOBSGSDMc1 | |||
Naphtha FOB Sing M2 | NAFOBSGSWMc2 | |||
Naphtha Cracks M1 | NACFRJPCKMc1 | |||
East-West Naphtha M1 | NAPJPEWMc1 | |||
East-West Naphtha M2 | NAPJPEWMc2 | |||
NWE Naphtha M1 | NAPCNWEAMc1 | |||
NWE Naphtha M1/M2 | NAPCNWEASMc1 | |||
NWE Naphtha M2 | NAPCNWEAMc2 | |||
Crack NWE Naphtha-Brent M1 | NAPCNWEACMc1 | |||
Crack NWE Naphtha-Brent M2 | NAPCNWEACMc2 | |||
*Sing refers to Singapore | ||||
Reporting by Haridas; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips
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