Natural gas futures on Monday finished in positive territory for the first time in nine sessions, supported by expectations of wintry weather in the North this week and the potential for greater heating demand in the month ahead.

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After dropping 17% over the span of its recent malaise, the November Nymex gas futures contract on Monday gained 2.7 cents day/day and settled at $2.926/MMBtu. December rose 1.5 cents to $3.273.

NGI’s Spot Gas National Avg. advanced 5.5 cents to $2.045.

While benign conditions are still expected for much of the Lower 48 this week, forecasts trended colder over the weekend, NatGasWeather said. This was mainly because of a weather system that “will drop out of Canada into the Rockies and Northern Plains late in the week with lows of teens to...