Tuesday, February 11th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $3.508, up $0.064 compared to Monday’s closing price of $3.444. Propelled higher overnight by forecasts of sustained below-average temperatures in key demand areas of the country, the contract traded within a tight band during the session. Marking the intraday high of $3.576 at 11:20AM and the intraday low of $3.502 at 2:20PM, March closed higher on Tuesday at $3.519.
The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report is due out Thursday at 10:30AM. The report is expected to show a 91 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended February 7. This compares to a 54 BCF withdrawal this time last year and a five-year average withdrawal amount of 144 BCF.
As of 6:10 AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.970; Natural Gas was down $0.031; Heating Oil was down $0.020; and Gasoline was up $0.021.
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