
December Nymex natural gas (NGZ25) on Friday closed up by +0.111 (+2.48%).
Dec nat-gas prices climbed to a 1-week high on Friday and settled sharply higher on forecasts of colder US weather early next month, potentially boosting nat-gas heating demand. Forecaster Atmospheric G2 said Friday that temperatures shifted colder in the West and Northeast for November 26-30, and moved colder across the middle of the country for December 1-5.