Natural gas spot prices during the Oct. 4-8 trading period notched another week in the black as power burns recovered from the prior week’s slump. In spite of the mild weather pattern blanketing much of the United States, NGI’s Weekly Spot Gas National Avg. jumped 43.0 cents to $5.580.

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Nymex natural gas futures, meanwhile, continued to be heavily influenced by supply fears in Asia and Europe. Prices rallied for the better part of the week, but then talks of more gas potentially heading to Europe this winter sent prices overseas and here in the United States lower in the latter part of the week. The November Nymex contract settled Friday at $5.565, off 11.2 cents from Thursday’s close.

Though cold weather remains mostly elusive in early October, cash prices strengthened...