Wednesday, February 26th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $4.076, down $0.098 compared to Tuesday’s closing price of $4.174. Drifting lower throughout the session, March settle lower on Wednesday at $3.906.
Ready to assume the front-month position, the April contract opened at $4.051, down $0.079 from Tuesday’s closing price of $4.130. Blazing a similar path to its predecessor, the contract retreated until tallying the intraday low of $3.944 at 2:05PM. April closed lower on Wednesday at $3.959.
The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out Thursday at 10:30AM. The report is expected to show a 271 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended February 21. This compares to a 96 BCF withdrawal this time last year and a five-year average withdrawal amount of 79 BCF.
As of 7:00AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.660; Natural Gas was up $0.012; Heating Oil was up $0.014; and Gasoline was flat.
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