January NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.214 on Monday, December 16th

Monday, December 16th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.210, down $0.070 compared to Friday’s closing price of $3.280. Touching down to an intraday low of $3.182 at 9:30AM, prices then reversed course to tally the intraday high of $3.253 ahead of 11:00AM. Trading within a tight band near $3.210 throughout the afternoon, traders continued to weigh steady production and above average temperatures against strong LNG exports. January closed lower on Monday at $3.214.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday showed a 190 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended December 6 – above the market estimate of a 163 BCF injection. Total working gas in storage was reported as 3,747 BCF; 1.8% above this time last year and 4.6% above the five-year average.

As of 6:50AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.680; Natural Gas was up $0.049; Heating Oil was down $0.027, and Gasoline was down $0.019.

                                                                                                       
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