February NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.449 on Tuesday, January 7th

Tuesday, January 7th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.544, down $0.128 compared to Monday’s closing price of $3.672. With widespread cold and impending OFO’s already built into the current price, an overnight shift in weather models led to the contract pulling back. Recording the intraday high of $3.607 at 9:45AM, prices pulled back ahead midday to trade at $3.492. Marking the intraday low of $3.443 ahead of 2:30PM, February closed lower on Tuesday at $3.449.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out Wednesday at 12:00PM, moved up a day in for a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. The report is expected to show a 48 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended January 3. This compares to a 140 BCF withdrawal this time last year and a five-year average withdrawal amount of 67 BCF.

As of 6:55AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.350; Natural Gas was up $0.183; Heating Oil was down $0.009, and Gasoline was down $0.005.

                                                                                                 
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