Tuesday, October 15th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $2.512, up $0.018 compared to Monday’s closing price of $2.494. Following Monday’s pullback, traders analyzed the latest bearish forecast shift as the contract fluctuated near $2.520 throughout the session. Marking the intraday low of $2.487 at 10:30AM and an intraday high of $2.550, November closed marginally higher on Tuesday at $2.498.
The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out on Thursday at 10:30 AM. The report is expected to show a 79 BCF injection to storage for the week ended October 11th. This compares to a 97 BCF injection this time last year and a five-year average injection amount of 89 BCF.
As of 6:50AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.490; Natural Gas was down $0.014; Heating Oil was down $0.013, and Gasoline was down $0.009.
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