May NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.247 on Wednesday, April 16th

Wednesday, April 16th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $3.284, $0.045 cents below Tuesday’s closing price of $3.329. Trending lower to record the intraday low of $3.204 ahead of 11:30AM, prices then reversed direction to reach the intraday high of $3.301 at 12:25PM. Fluctuating steadily along the $3.25 level throughout the afternoon, recession fears and warming forecasts continue to cast a bearish shadow on the market. May closed lower on Tuesday at $3.247.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out Thursday at 10:30AM. The report is expected to show a 25 BCF injection to storage for the week ended April 11. This compares to a 50 BCF injection this time last year and a five-year average injection amount of 50 BCF.

As of 7:40AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.780; Natural Gas was down $0.020; Heating Oil was up $0.014; and Gasoline was up $0.017.

                                                                                                 
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