Friday, December 6th saw the front month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.029, down $0.050 compared to Thursday’s closing price of $3.079. Recording the intraday low of as markets opened, prices trended modestly higher throughout the day. Steady production weighed on near-term demand as markets await the next bullish catalyst. Reaching the intraday high of $3.103 at 12:55PM, January closed nearly flat on Friday at $3.076.
The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published on 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 6:10AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.890; Natural Gas was up $0.158; Heating Oil was up $0.036, and Gasoline was up $0.028.
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