Abstract: A gas oil composition comprising at least 20.0% by volume total aromatic content, at least 1.0% by volume bicyclic aromatic content, at least 0.2% by volume trior higher cyclic aromatic content, no more than 18.0% by mass naphthenobenzenes, and no more than 10 ppm by mass sulfur content, and having a density (15° C.) of at least 0.8200 g/cm3, and an ASTM colour of at least 0.2, characterised in that the gas oil composition is obtained by hydrogenation-desulfurisation of the stock oil described below, which contains cracked gas oil fraction: stock oil comprising at least 25.0% by volume total aromatic content, at least 15.0% by mass total naphthene content, at least 4.0% by mass bicyclic naphthene content, at least 1.0% by mass tricyclic naphthene content, and at least 0.50% by mass sulfur content, and having a 90% distillation temperature of at least 340.0° C. The gas oil composition of the present invention has excellent oxidative stability.