US retail gasoline demand up 2.2% last week: survey

摘要

Houston-US retail gasoline demand rose 2.2% year on year to 9.3 million b/d for the week ended December 11, according to a sales data report released December 15 by MasterCard Advisors. But demand for the week dropped by 991,000 b/d, or 1.5%, from the prior survey week to 65.103 million barrels. On a four-week moving average, weekly demand increased by 0.5% year on year to 65.059 million barrels. For the year to date, US gasoline demand is up around 0.6% compared to last year, MasterCard added.