Retail fuel margins have largest jump since January

  • Retail fuel margins have largest jump since January

    The OPIS report today revealed that the average retail fuel margin across the US jumped by $0.056 per gallon this week. That’s the largest jump since January 10. That’s also the third consecutive weekly increase. The average retail fuel margin is now $0.211 per gallon, the highest of the year, and the first time above $0.20 per gallon in 2014.

    The year to date average is $0.156 per gallon, while both the quarter to date and the last six week averages are $0.152 per gallon.

    The average retail fuel margin last year at this time was $0.144, so we are now $0.067 per gallon above this week in 2013. This is the first week we’re above the comparable week in 2013 since February 21.

    Last year at this time there were two more retail fuel margin drops, so hopefully we can keep up the trend we’re seeing this year and make up for all those weeks when we were below the margins of last year.

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