OIL PRODUCTS: Oil Products Summary at European Close: Cracks Rise
May-23 15:30
Gasoline cracks are stronger today amid signs of a recovery in demand ahead of the start of the traditional peak travel season. Diesel cracks are also stronger amid improved US manufacturing data.
- US gasoline crack up 0.3$/bbl at 26.35$/bbl
- US ULSD crack up 0.7$/bbl at 25.97$/bbl
- Russian VGO seaborne exports slipped 10% in April m/m to about 3.32 million tons according to LSEG due to idled capacity for maintenance and technical outages due to drone attacks.
- Imports of fuel oil to Saudi Arabia are heading towards the highest volume since November 2020, preliminary Kpler data shows.
- Indian refiners have cut their use of dirty tankers to export diesel to Europe in May, according to Reuters, after volumes hit a two-year high in April.
- Indian use of crude oil vessels to move refined products to European markets has slipped in May having hit a near two-year high in April vessel tracking data showed.
- Singapore’s onshore fuel oil stocks fell to a 5.5 year low in the week ended May 22. Middle distillate inventories were up 8% on the week to 10.9m bbl, while light end stockpiles were down 5% to 14.5m bbl.
- Iraq’s SOMO has offered around 82,000 metric tons (610,900 barrels) of gasoil term supplies for export within a three-month delivery window.
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- USDCAD touching a low of 1.3656 has breached support at 1.3671 (20-day EMA) following the broader post-US PMI moves.
- It opens next support at 1.3595 (50-day EMA) even if technical trends have suggested the pullback is corrective.
- The Can-US 2Y yield differential sits 2.5bps higher on the day, at -69bps now ~9.5bps higher than the close after last week's soft CAD CPI.
- CAD underperforms peers owing to its US linkages, only outperforming USD and JPY on the day.
- Tomorrow sees Canadian retail sales and the minutes from the BoC Apr 10 decision.
- The NY cut lands between the two, with larger expiries generally grouped lower than spot: 1.3565 ($404m), 1.3570 ($402m), 1.3576 ($471m), 1.3600 ($495m), 1.3650 ($425m) and 1.3680 ($770m).
Support at 20- and 50-day EMAs (green, pink)Source: Bloomberg
