January NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.043 on Wednesday, December 4th

Wednesday, December 4th saw the front month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.020, down $0.022 compared to Tuesday’s closing price of $3.042. Warding off additional losses after the latest bearish weather forecast, the contract dipped to a two-week intraday low of $2.977 at 11:00AM. Showing signs of life shortly after midday, prices rose to an intraday high of $3.082 by 12:55PM. Trading sideways into closing, January closed nearly flat on Wednesday at $3.043.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out Thursday at 10:30AM. The report is expected to show a 35 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended November 22nd. This compares to a 10 BCF injection this time last year and a five-year average withdrawal amount of 30 BCF.

As of 7:10AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.250; Natural Gas was up $0.049; Heating Oil was down $0.015, and Gasoline was down $0.011.

                                                                                                       
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