Tuesday, March 4th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $4.321, up $0.199 compared to Monday’s closing price of $4.122. Recording the intraday low of $4.279 within minutes of the open, the contract then continued its overnight rally, which traders are attributing to President Trump’s new tariff taking effect Tuesday morning. Ascending to the highest intraday mark since December 2023, $4.549 at 11:30AM, prices withdrew throughout the afternoon as April closed higher on Tuesday at $4.350.
The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out Thursday at 10:30AM. The report is expected to show a 97 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended February 28. This compares to a 40 BCF withdrawal this time last year and a five-year average withdrawal amount of 94 BCF.
As of 6:40AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $1.060; Natural Gas was down $0.06; Heating Oil was down $0.040; and Gasoline was down $0.039.
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