Sparta Commodities

A mixed bag - Bearish diesel outlook clashes with ongoing geopolitical tensions

In our latest distillate market commentary:

3 April 2024

T/A, E/W stubbornly narrow; Asian gasoline to come under pressure from softer aromatics, persistently strong AG exports; further RBOB upside needed to lure ARA into NYH

In our latest gasoline market commentary:

2 April 2024

Prompt NWE naphtha strength reopens Red Sea arb; Asia to remain unattractive for West-bound cargoes while USGC to buckle from Canadian demand loss

In our latest naphtha market commentary:

28 March 2024

A bearish sentiment is manifest; poor US diesel demand with increasing runs, all diesel arbs pointed at Europe, high North Asian diesel exports

In our latest distillate market commentary:

27 March 2024

A bearish sentiment is manifest; poor US diesel demand with increasing runs, all diesel arbs pointed at Europe, high North Asian diesel exports

In our latest distillate market commentary:

27 March 2024

TA arb still has some widening to go with US exports running unsustainably high and Europe still highly incentivised to produce max gasoline

In our latest gasoline market commentary:

26 March 2024

Strong backwardation holds in Europe but only in the prompt, Asia well supplied while US faces challenging Q2

In our latest naphtha market commentary:

21 March 2024

Increasing diesel supply, poor demand and the end of European turnarounds in April leads to a bearish view on both diesel and jet globally

In our latest distillate market commentary:

20 March 2024

European component pricing opening E10 blend margin in first step towards wider Q2 TA Arb, with plenty of support across the Atlantic to strengthen the RBOB complex

In our latest gasoline market commentary:

19 March 2024

Backwardation continues to exert pressure in a European market that is displaying increasing blending margins

In our latest naphtha market commentary:

14 March 2024