The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Thursday reported an injection of 63 Bcf natural gas into storage for the week ended Oct. 29. The result was on par with market expectations and elicited a muted response from futures traders.

Ahead of the EIA report, the December contract was up 7.2 cents at $5.742/MMBtu. The prompt month jumped to $5.796 when the EIA data was released at 10:30 ET. However, it descended back to $5.665 after 30 minutes of post-announcement trading, down a half-cent.

Temperatures during the storage report week were warmer than normal – and generally comfortable — minimizing demand and enabling utilities to stow away more gas for use in the coming winter, NatGasWeather said.

Prior to the EIA report, a Reuters survey showed injection...