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Tuesdays and Wednesdays have been quiet lately at the New YorkMercantile Exchange with traders, brokers, and marketers waitingcalmly in anticipation of the weekly AGA storage report. In fact,since the end of April, daily changes to the spot month contract onthose days have been small, averaging slightly more than 3 centswith no change greater than 8 cents. However, this is natural gasand just when you think you have things figured out, it throws youfor a loop. This week, July plummeted on Tuesday to the tune of11.1 cents only to rebound 18.5 cents on Wednesday. That left thespot month at $2.174 at the close of the regular trading sessionWednesday afternoon.