January NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.378 on Wednesday, December 11th

Wednesday, December 11th saw the front month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.277, up $0.114 compared to Tuesday’s closing price of $3.163. Marking the intraday low of $3.261 within minutes of the opening bell, the contract found support in the form of a bullish shift to forecasts overnight. Stabilizing near $3.370 by 11:00AM, traders also weighed the impact of the season’s first triple-digit storage withdrawal. Reaching an intraday high of $3.404 ahead of 2:30PM, January closed higher on Wednesday at $3.378.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out Thursday at 10:30AM. The report is expected to show a 163 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended December 6. This compares to a 117 BCF withdrawal this time last year and a five-year average withdrawal amount of 71 BCF.

As of 7:20AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.05; Natural Gas was down $0.020; Heating Oil was up $0.006, and Gasoline was up $0.001.

                                                                                                       
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