Monday, December 9th saw the front month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.207, up $0.131 compared to Friday’s closing price of $3.076. Focusing attention on forecasted below-average temperatures, despite being short-lived, prices marked the intraday low of $3.137 at 10:15AM and an intraday high of $3.223 ahead of midday. Trading sideways along $3.190 into the afternoon, January closed higher on Monday at $3.182.
The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday showed a 30 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended November 22 – in line the market estimate of a 35 BCF injection. Total working gas in storage was reported as 3,939 BCF; 4.9% above this time last year and 7.8% above the five-year average.
As of 7:30AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.340; Natural Gas was down $0.063; Heating Oil was down $0.006, and Gasoline was down $0.002.
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