The exchange transaction the first three days of the week give reason to assess the state of the gasoline market as balanced. The average price of gasoline at the refinery the oil companies on a National index holding in February, in the range of +/- 200 R/t.

The reason for such a blissful background should be considered to be increased by 10% the volume of shipments to the domestic market compared to January 2016. If this argument is to impose more conservative gasoline consumption in the whole country and by region, the current stability in the segment of gasoline more or less justified.

Details on the distribution of gasoline by region in January 2017 we reported in the newsletter of February 6. And today's gasoline showed no trend, although it is impossible not to notice the creeping nature of the rise of the gasoline index.

In the segment of the diesel fuel market was in January 2017, the same amount of goods as a year ago, in January 2016. As regards individual regions, the picture Ratnapura, under the overall review does not fall. The only highlighted the increased attention, as in the petrol segment, Moscow, Leningrad region, where the planned repairs of the refinery. As Novgorod, Pskov, Tver region did not receive the goods. Their software will take over the Moscow and Leningrad regions.

From the standpoint of prices, the exchange shows a sharp decline in interest in transactions with winter grade diesel. Today, prices have fallen an average of 400 R/t, and in just six trading days of February are a ton of winter fell on a National index 38 37 400 to 450 R/t.

A few prices sank deals with the seasonal varieties, but here is another argument – the market is full of diesel. Consumption at a minimum because of the decline in manufacturing activity. In addition, the failure of oil prices in the last two days below $55/bbl does not give optimism any sellers or buyers. Netback for diesel fuel dropped to the level of stock exchange transactions. The market froze.