oscillations of stock prices for gasoline are associated with repairs at oil refining factories (refinery), as well as with the market transition from summer fuels for winter, TASS reported in the Ministry of Energy of Russia. So in the agency commented on record prices for gasoline of the AI-95 brand, recorded during the trading on September 22.
there stressed that these factors increase the demand for gasoline, but the risks of the emergence of the deficit of goods at auction are excluded. “To preserve the stable situation of the Ministry of Energy of Russia and the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia, the daily monitoring of the fuel market is conducted, the fuel headquarters are carried out, the recommendations are made to the companies on stable supply to the market and their increase in the near future,” they explained in the ministry.
The ministry expects that when planned repairs on the refinery will end, the increased volume of gasoline production will help stabilize the prices of the stock exchange. “We expect that later retail prices will continue to change the pace close to the inflation rate,” concluded in the Ministry of Energy.
The price of gasoline of the AI-95 brand during the bidding at the St. Petersburg International Commodity Exchange (SPBMTSB) on September 22 increased by 0.6 percent to 60.18 thousand rubles per ton. The previous record of the exchange value of this variety of gasoline was supplied on July 22, the price reached 60.03 thousand rubles per ton.