Monday, February 3rd saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.304, up $0.260 compared to Friday’s closing price of $3.044. Gapping higher over the weekend, analysts pointed to the recently discounted front-month that had drifted into oversold territory. Marking the intraday low of $3.293 minutes after the opening bell, prices edged gradually higher throughout the session to reach an intraday high of $3.399 at 12:45PM. March closed higher on Monday at $3.352.
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 7:00AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $1.380; Natural Gas was down $0.127; Heating Oil was down $0.048; and Gasoline was down $0.055.
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