LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline profit margins fell by $1.36 a barrel on Thursday as inventories of the motor fuel rose on both sides of the Atlantic.

• A total of 8,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 gasoline barges traded, with BP, Trafigura and Exxon Mobil selling to TotalEnergies, Shell and Glencore.

• An additional 10,000 tons of Eurobob E10 barges traded with TotalEnergies, Sahara and BP selling to Varo.

• Gasoline stocks held independently in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp $(ARA)$ refining hub rose 5.5% to 1.2 million tons on the week, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed on Thursday.

• U.S. gasoline inventories rose in the week ended July 11, the Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report, prompting some concerns about fuel demand.

• Gasoline stocks rose by 3.4 million barrels compared to expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1 million barrel draw.

• EU and UK gasoline and blending component exports to other regions averaged 844,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July so far, lower than the 925,000 bpd in June, Kpler data showed.

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(Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar; Editing by Sahal Muhammed)

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