Tuesday, January 28th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.526, down $0.171 compared to Monday’s closing price of $3.697. Knocked down overnight by continued bearish forecasts for February, the contract marked an intraday high of $3.571 at 9:55AM. Trending lower into midday, prices seesawed along $3.510 until the session’s closing minutes. Marking the intraday low of $3.461 at 2:25PM, February closed lower on Tuesday at $3.471.
The more actively traded March contract closed $0.131 lower on Tuesday at $3.122.
The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out Thursday at 10:30AM. The report is expected to show a 320 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended January 24. This compares to a 234 BCF withdrawal this time last year and a five-year average withdrawal amount of 189 BCF.
As of 7:45AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.330; Natural Gas was down $0.052; Heating Oil was down $0.003; and Gasoline was down $0.005.
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