Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline refining margins fall to near March-lows

LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining margins fell over $3 on Thursday, hovering near their lowest level since March, as stocks rose in Europe and Singapore.

• Gunvor sold one Eurobob E5 barge to Sahara Energy, while Shell sold two Eurobob E10 barges to MB Energy and Varo in the Argus window.

• Gasoline stocks independently held in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub rose 22.7% to 868,000 metric tons. ARA/

• In Singapore, light distillates inventories for gasoline climbed to a two-week high, with imports up to 314,000 tons over the week.

• Seaborne imports of motor fuels to Russia rose by about 18% month-on-month in October to 430,000 metric tons, according to industry sources, LSEG data and Reuters calculations.

• The main bulk of seaborne fuel imports into Russian ports this month consisted of gasoline supplied from India, Morocco and Turkey, traders said.

• Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government plans to raise its target gasoline price at the pump by 5 yen per litre each month from December towards next spring to keep in check rising expenses for fuel oil subsidies.

• EU-27 and UK gasoline exports to other regions averaged 917,000 barrels per day so far in October, Kpler data shows, below an average of 1.06 million bpd last month.