Tuesday, March 11th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $4.565, up $0.074 compared to Monday’s closing price of $4.491. Recording the intraday high of $4.580 soon after the opening bell, the contract proceeded to step gradually lower throughout the session. Marking the intraday low of $4.388 at 11:00AM before stabilizing near $4.440, analysts continued to worry about production ramping up to prepare for next winter while balancing healthy LNG demand and mild temperatures. April closed lower on Tuesday at $4.453.
The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out Thursday at 10:30AM. The report is expected to show a 48 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended March 7. This compares to a 9 BCF withdrawal this time last year and a five-year average withdrawal amount of 56 BCF.
As of 6:45AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.620; Natural Gas was down $0.149; Heating Oil was up $0.017; and Gasoline was up $0.019.
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