Oil prices rose slightly on Thursday to around $46 per barrel, supported by demand for gasoline and on technical buying after a sharp fall the previous day. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were at $45.90 by 0429 ET, up 9 cents following a 3.4 percent fall on Wednesday. Gasoline margins in Europe have tripled since mid-October as low prices boosted consumption. Demand is also strong in the United States, where gasoline importers on the East Coast are losing a trans-Atlantic tug-of-war over European supplies, outbid by Nigerian buyers anxious to avoid a holiday shortage. “There is strength across the gasoline complex, which is supportive, and there is technical support as we reached the bottom of a two-month range yesterday,” said Olivier Jakob, oil analyst at Petromatrix in Zug, Switzerland. U.S. crude […]