Gasoline refining margins rose on Thursday but a sharp rise in regional gasoline inventories capped gains. Gasoline stocks independently held in storage tanks in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp refining and storage hub rose over 20 percent in the week to Thursday on slow export demand, data from Dutch consultancy PJK International showed At 1.28 million tonnes, stocks are at their highest since April, and are 50 percent higher than their level last year.

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