April NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.980 on Friday, March 21st

Friday, March 21st saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.987, up $0.012 compared to Thursday’s closing price of $3.975. In a relatively calm day of trading, markets continued to digest the first storage build of the seasons along with bullish fundamentals, steady LNG demand and hindered production. Marking the intraday high of $4.041 at 10:00AM and an intraday low of $3.970 at 12:55PM. April closed higher on Friday at $3.980; down 3% on the week.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday posted a 9 BCF injection to storage for the week ended March 14 – above the market estimate of a 2 BCF withdrawal. Total working gas in storage was reported as 1,707 BCF; 26.8% below this time last year and 10.0% below the five-year average.

As of 6:40AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.430; Natural Gas was down $0.039; Heating Oil was up $0.015; and Gasoline was up $0.005.

                                                                                                       
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