
Sep Nymex natural gas (NGU24) on Wednesday closed up by +0.102 (+5.07%).
Sep nat-gas prices Wednesday added to Tuesday's advance and closed sharply higher on forecasts for hotter US temperatures. On Wednesday, forecaster Atmospheric G2 said late-summer heat will spread over the middle of the US from Aug 12-16, which should boost nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power increased air conditioning usage. Nat-gas prices also garnered carryover support Wednesday from a rally in European nat-gas prices to a 19-month high.