Bastion

The Rockies remained the last bastion of rising prices Thursday with gains on either side of 30 cents for CIG and Questar and about a quarter for Kern River and Northwest. Otherwise the cash market found it had already milked the last drop of price strength from a return of cold weather in the East. Even the Southwest basins, California and intra-Alberta joined eastern points in price movement that ranged from flat to down about a quarter in most cases. The Northeast again led the way downward with even bigger losses that ran as high as about 70 cents at the Algonquin citygate.