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Nat-Gas Prices Fall in Sympathy with Crude Oil

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) on Tuesday closed down -0.012 (-0.43%). Nat-gas prices settled lower on Tuesday in sympathy with the -3% plunge in crude oil prices to a 1-week low. Losses in nat-gas were limited on Tuesday amid forecasts for hot US weather, potentially boosting nat-gas demand from...

Barchart · Aug 25

Nat-Gas Prices Supported by Hot US Weather

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) on Monday closed up +0.009 (+0.32%). Nat-gas prices settled higher on Monday amid forecasts for record-high temperatures in West Texas this week to support nat-gas demand. The largest Texas electric grid, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, forecast that peak power demand this week...

Barchart · Aug 24

Hot US Weather Forecasts Push Nat-Gas Prices Higher

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) on Friday closed up +0.040 (+1.46%). Nat-gas prices settled higher on Friday as forecasts for hotter US weather could potentially boost nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power increased air conditioning use. The Commodity Weather Group said on Friday that forecasts shifted to hotter,...

Barchart · Aug 21

Nat-Gas Prices Move Higher on Warm US Forecasts

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) on Friday closed up +0.006 (+0.22%). Nat-gas prices closed higher on Friday as forecasts indicated warm US weather in the final weeks of August, which would boost nat-gas demand from utilities to meet increased air-conditioning demand. Commodity Weather Group is forecasting above-normal temperatures across...

Barchart · Aug 14

Nat-Gas Prices Fall on Bearish EIA Report

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) on Thursday closed down -0.077 (-2.75%). Nat-gas prices closed lower on Thursday due to a +36 bcf rise in nat-gas inventories in the weekly EIA report, larger than market expectations of +31 bcf. However, nat-gas prices remained underpinned by warm forecasts, which will boost...

Barchart · Aug 13

Nat-Gas Prices Close Higher on Warm Forecasts

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) on Wednesday closed up +0.037 (+1.34%). Nat-gas prices closed higher on Wednesday as forecasts remain warm. Vaisala forecasts continued hotter-than-average temperatures for the Midwest and South for Aug 17-21, and above-normal temperatures for the West for Aug 22-26. On the bearish side, the US...

Barchart · Aug 12

Nat-Gas Prices Slip on the Outlook for Robust US Storage

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) closed down -0.027 (-0.97%) on Tuesday. Nat-gas prices fell from a 2-week high on Tuesday and settled lower. Gas prices gave up early gains and turned lower on Tuesday after the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projected US nat-gas storage levels to swell to...

Barchart · Aug 11

Nat-Gas Prices Surge on Hot US Weather Forecasts

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) closed up +0.132 (+4.96%) on Monday. Nat-gas prices settled sharply higher on Monday on the outlook for much hotter US weather, potentially boosting nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power an expected increase in air conditioning use. The Commodity Weather Group said on Monday...

Barchart · Aug 10

Nat-Gas Prices Supported by Stronger US LNG Exports

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) closed up +0.022 (+0.83%) on Friday. Nat-gas prices settled higher on Friday as stronger US nat-gas exports draw domestic supplies down. Estimated LNG net flows to US LNG export terminals on Friday were 18.6 bcf/day, the most in 4 weeks. Forecasts for warmer US...

Barchart · Aug 7

Nat-Gas Prices Tumble on a Larger-Than-Expected Storage Build

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26 ) closed down -0.048 (-1.79%) on Thursday. Nat-gas prices tumbled to a 3.25-month nearest-futures low on Thursday and settled lower on a larger-than-expected storage build. The EIA reported that nat-gas inventories rose by +33 bcf in the week ended July 31, above expectations of +30...

Barchart · Aug 6