February NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.697 on Monday, January 27th

Monday, January 27th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.763, down $0.264 compared to Friday’s closing price of $4.027. Recording the intraday high of $3.766 within minutes of the opening bell, the contract continued its retreat throughout the morning. Updated forecasts showed a notable reduction to expected HDDs for the last week of January, as prices fell to the intraday low of $3.609 at midday. Shrugging off the Freeport LNG terminal coming back online, February closed lower on Monday at $3.697; down 8% on the day.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday showed a 223 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended January 17 – in line with the market estimate of a 245 BCF withdrawal. Total working gas in storage was reported as 2,892 BCF; 1.9% below this time last year and 0.7% above the five-year average.

As of 6:35AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.410; Natural Gas was down $0.063; Heating Oil was up $0.007; and Gasoline was up $0.015.

                                                                                                       
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