Tuesday, February 4th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.175, down $0.177 compared to Monday’s closing price of $3.352. Marking the intraday low of $3.170 by 9:25AM, a bearish shift to forecasts and ongoing tariff battles stymied the previous day’s momentum. Clawing its way higher through midday, the contract peaked at the intraday high of $3.317 at 1:25PM. March closed lower on Tuesday at $3.253.
The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out Thursday at 10:30AM. The report is expected to show a 179 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended January 31. This compares to a 197 BCF withdrawal this time last year and a five-year average withdrawal amount of 174 BCF.
As of 7:30AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.740; Natural Gas was down $0.047; Heating Oil was down $0.020; and Gasoline was down $0.027.
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