March NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.044 on Friday, January 31st

Friday, January 31st saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.000, down $0.047 compared to Thursday’s closing price of $3.047. Recording the intraday low of $2.993 by 9:10AM, the contract fluctuated along the $3.060 level for the majority of the session. Analysts are currently weighing the current storage deficit against healthy production and a bearish start to February. March closed nearly flat on Friday at $3.044.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday showed a 321 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended January 24 – in line with the market estimate of a 320 BCF withdrawal. Total working gas in storage was reported as 2,571 BCF; 5.3% below this time last year and 4.1% above the five-year average.

As of 6:40AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $1.750; Natural Gas was up $0.273; Heating Oil was up $0.089; and Gasoline was up $0.078.

                                                                                                       
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