December NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.339 on Thursday, November 21st

Thursday, November 21st saw the front month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.426, up $0.233 compared to Wednesday’s closing price of $3.193. Seeking direction within a five-cent range on either side of $3.390 leading up to the weekly storage publication, prices rose to tally a one-year intraday high of $3.451 following the bullish report. Pulling back soon after midday as profit taking took hold, the contract fell to the intraday low of $3.250 1:05PM. Posting a late rally, December closed higher on Thursday at $3.339.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published on Thursday showed a 3 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended November 15 – below the market estimate of a 5 BCF injection. Total working gas in storage was reported as 3,969 BCF; 3.7% above this time last year and 6.4% above the five-year average.

As of 6:40AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.270; Natural Gas was down $0.019; Heating Oil was down $0.013; and Gasoline was down $0.011.

                                                                                                 
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