Middle East Crude-Dubai extends losses despite robust demand from PetroChina SINGAPORE, July 26 (Reuters) - Middle East crude benchmark Dubai extended losses for a third session on Friday despite robust demand from PetroChina while Murban's premium slumped as most refiners have completed their purchases. IRANIAN CRUDE Imports of Iranian crude have been flowing into the port and refining city of Dalian since late last year, tanker tracking firms and trading sources said, helping sustain the count

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Greencore, UCB, Unilever July 26 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies, including Greencore, UCB, and Unilever, on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Greencore GNC.L : HSBC raises target price to 190p from 160p * Lonza Group AG LONN.S : JP Morgan raises target price to CHF 645 from CHF 600 * Sartorius Stedim Biotech STDM.PA : HSBC cuts target price to EUR 310 from EUR 360 * UCB SA UCB.BR : TD Cowen raises target price to E

Med crude-Urals diffs unchanged, Russia's set to increase refinery runs in August MOSCOW, July 25 (Reuters) - Urals crude differentials were unchanged to dated Brent, while Russia's offline primary refining capacity is set to decline in August signalling higher refinery runs, Reuters calculations showed. Russia's offline primary oil refining capacity for the next month is seen declining from July by 33% to 1.7 million tons, according to Reuters calculations based on data from industry sources.

BUZZ-Neste falls after FY sales margin outlook cut, Q2 profit miss ** Shares in Neste NESTE.HE fall 2.5% after the Finnish biofuels maker missed Q2 profit estimates and cut its 2024 renewables margin guidance again, citing low biofuel prices ** It sees renewable products segment's sales margin at $480-$580 per ton in 2024, vs $480-$650 per ton prev

UPDATE 2-Finland's Neste cuts margin target again as biofuel prices fall Adds detail on prices in paragraph 3, comment and background on renewables market from paragraph 6 July 25 (Reuters) - Finnish oil refiner and biofuel maker Neste NESTE.HE narrowed down its annual renewables margin guidance on Thursday, its second cut to the target this year, after low biofuel prices hit its quarterly results.