OIL PRODUCTS: Oil Products End of Day Summary: Cracks Rise

Feb-13 19:11

US diesel cracks have regained ground today, while Gasoline cracks are rising following an unexpected decline in stocks in yesterday’s data.

  • US gasoline crack up 1.2$/bbl at 17.27$/bbl
  • US ULSD crack up 0$/bbl at 31.48$/bbl
  • US refiner PBF Energy plans to operate its seven refineries up to 76% of their combined production capacity of 1m b/d in Q1 2025, the company said Feb. 13, cited by Reuters.
  • The PBF Energy 156k b/d Martinez refinery near San Francisco may need 45 days or more to assess the damage from a fire on Feb. 1, according to Bloomberg sources.
  • PBF Energy CEO Matt Lucey said during a 4Q earnings call Thursday they are still unable to fully access the fire-damaged area at the 156k b/d Martinez refinery to initiate an investigation.
  • Pemex partially shut its 245k b/d Salamanca refinery in Mexico due to equipment issues caused by high water and salt content in crude oil: IIR Energy.
  • Singapore's onshore fuel oil stockpiles rose for the second week, hitting a three-week high above 20 million barrels according to Enterprise data.
  • China’s refined oil exports stood at 2.46m mt in January, down 17.45% on the same period in 2024, according to OilChem citing shipping fixtures.
  • Port of Fujairah oil product stocks climbed 10% in the week ended Feb 10 according to FOIZ data.
  • China’s road traffic congestion in China’s 15 key cities rose 56.1 percentage points in the seven days Feb. 12, BNEF said.

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US STOCKS: Late Equities Roundup: Second Half Recovery, Banks Up Ahead Earnings

Jan-14 19:08
  • Stocks have recovered from midday lows and are making moderate gains in late trade - still off this morning's post-data knee-jerk highs as accounts square risk and migrate to the sidelines ahead of Wednesday's key CPI inflation data.
  • Currently, the DJIA trades up 206.18 points (0.49%) at 42504.32, S&P E-Minis up 20 points (0.34%) at 5894, Nasdaq up 46.2 points (0.2%) at 19133.11.
  • Utilities continue to outperform while Financial sector shares have gained momentum in the second half. Independent power and electricity providers rebounded after Monday's selling: Vistra +4.91%, Constellation Energy +3.09%, NRG Energy +2.42%.
  • Banks and financial services shares led gainers in the second half - taking some risk with banks kicking off the latest earnings cycle tomorrow: Blackrock, Bank of NY Melon, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, followed by M&T Bank, US Bancorp, Morgan Stanley and PNC on Thursday.
  • Leading gainers included Citizens Financial +3.74%, Huntington Bancshares +2.81, Fifth Third +2.8% and Discover Financial Services +2.64%.
  • On the flipside, Health Care and Communication Services continued to underperform in late trade. Pharmaceuticals weighed on the Health Care sector: Eli Lilly -6.5% after phase 1 trials of it's weight loss drug were terminated, Charles River Labs -5.35%, Biogen -3.64% and Moderna -2.87%.
  • Interactive media and entertainment shares weighed on the Communication Services sector: Meta -1.83% amid reports of staff reductions of lowest 5% performers, Netflix -0.62%, Alphabet -0.32%.

US TSY OPTIONS: UPDATE: Large Mar'25 10Y Call Buy Update

Jan-14 18:49
  • over +128,600 TYH5 108.5 calls on the day from 27 to 29 vs. futures from 107-08.5 to -11 on an appr 0.30% delta

US: FED Reverse Repo Operation

Jan-14 18:21

RRP usage retreats to $160.219B this afternoon from $183.669B on Monday. Compares to $98.356B on Friday, December 20 - the lowest level since mid-April 2021. The number of counterparties rises to 59 from 51.

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