May NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.325 on Monday, April 14th

Monday, April 14th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $3.558, $0.031 cents above Friday’s closing price of $3.527. Reaching the intraday high of $3.604 at 9:15AM, prices then withdrew throughout the morning to cross midday at $3.457. Falling to the intraday low of $3.321 ahead of 2:30PM, weak fundamentals and steady production provided bearish pressure during the session. May closed lower on Monday at $3.325.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday posted a 57 BCF injection to storage for the week ended April 4 – below the market estimate of a 65 BCF injection. Total working gas in storage was reported as 1,830 BCF; 19.7% below this time last year and 2.1% below the five-year average.

As of 7:00AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.310; Natural Gas was up $0.024; Heating Oil was up $0.001; and Gasoline was down $0.001.

                                                                                                       
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