April NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $4.018 on Monday, March 17th

Monday, March 17th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract open at $4.055, down $0.049 compared to Friday’s closing price of $4.104. Trading within a tight band near $4.045 throughout the session, prices rose to an intraday high of $4.099 at 1:15PM and an intraday low of $4.011 ahead of 2:30PM. A bullish shift added heating demand to near-term forecasts over the weekend and LNG demand continues to provide support as the contract maintained the $4.00 level. April closed lower on Monday at $4.018.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday posted a 62 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended February 28 – above the market estimate of a 48 BCF withdrawal. Total working gas in storage was reported as 1,698 BCF; 27.0% below this time last year and 11.9% below the five-year average.

As of 7:30AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.730; Natural Gas was down $0.029; Heating Oil was up $0.024; and Gasoline was up $0.019.


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