February NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.948 on Friday, January 17th

Friday, January 17th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $4.041, down $0.217 compared to Thursday’s closing price of $4.258. Ascending to record an intraday high of $4.070 at 10:15AM, the contract trended lower throughout the session, which analysts are attributing to profit-taking. Conversely, Cash prices were surging upward ahead of the holiday weekend. Crossing midday at $4.056, prices withdrew to an intraday low of $3.924 at 2:15PM. February closed lower on Friday at $3.948; down 1% on the week.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published on Thursday showed a 258 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended January 10 – in line with the market estimate of a 258 BCF withdrawal. Total working gas in storage was reported as 3,115 BCF; 3.4% below this time last year and 2.5% above the five-year average.

As of 7:30AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $1.870; Natural Gas was down $0.077; Heating Oil was down $0.055; and Gasoline was down $0.022.

                                                                                                       
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