Gazprom has not booked gas transit capacity via Yamal pipeline for Dec. 24

FILE PHOTO: Gazprom logos are on display at Bovanenkovo gas field

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian gas giant Gazprom has not booked gas transit capacity for exports via the Yamal-Europe pipeline for Dec. 24, auction results showed on Friday.

The Russian flows to Germany via the Yamal-Europe pipeline stayed in reverse mode on Thursday for a third successive day, data from German network operator Gascade showed, keeping European gas prices high.

(Reporting by Oksana Kobzeva; Writing by Anton Kolodyazhnyy; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)