December NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $2.845 on Wednesday, October 30th

Wednesday, October 30th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $2.807, down $0.052 compared to Tuesday’s closing price of $2.859. Recording the intraday low of $2.770 by 9:15AM, prices then rose to trade along $2.840 as traders balanced weak fundamentals against the unofficial start of winter as the December contract assumed the front month position. Etching the intraday high of $2.866 at 11:25AM, the contract traded largely sideways into the afternoon. December closed lower on Wednesday at $2.845.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out on Thursday at 10:30 AM. The report is expected to show a 92 BCF injection to storage for the week ended October 25th. This compares to a 79 BCF injection this time last year and a five-year average injection amount of 67 BCF.

As of 6:40AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.370; Natural Gas was down $0.047; Heating Oil was up $0.010, and Gasoline was flat.

                                                                                                 
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