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Natural gas futures slipped lower Tuesday, extending the extensive sell-off from a week earlier. A mid-July reprieve from oppressively hot weather patterns and the potential for another stout storage print weighed on prices. The August Nymex gas futures contract settled at $5.523/MMBtu, down 20.7 cents day/day. September fell 22.5 cents to $5.487. With heat scorching…

Coming off a huge sell-off in the previous session, natural gas futures recovered some of their losses in early trading Friday as the Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal outage continued to roil the market ahead of the extended July Fourth holiday weekend. After plummeting $1.074 on Thursday, the August Nymex contract was up 45.9…

Natural gas futures were trading slightly lower early Thursday as the market prepared to examine the latest government inventory report for further signs of balance impacts from downtime at a major U.S. export terminal.  The August Nymex contract was off 6.9 cents to $6.429/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. Surveys ahead of the Energy Information…

Bolstered by continued expectations for robust July cooling demand, natural gas futures advanced in early trading Wednesday. Heading into its first session as the prompt month, the August Nymex contract was up 13.0 cents to $6.700/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET.  The overnight runs of the American and European weather models maintained hotter trends from…

Natural gas futures extended their rally as a hotter long-range forecast, a dip in production and bullish technical momentum lifted the prompt month ahead of expiration. The July Nymex contract rolled off the board at $6.551/MMBtu, up 5.0 cents on the day. The August contract, which moves to the front of the Nymex curve on…

A toasty temperature outlook for the first third of July helped natural gas futures extend their recent gains in early trading Tuesday. The expiring July Nymex contract was up 15.3 cents to $6.654/MMBtu as of around 8:50 a.m. ET, adding to a 28.1-cent rally from the previous session. August was up 14.1 cents to $6.687.…

As summer heat failed to provide the spark needed to sustain higher prices, lost demand from the Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal outage continued to erode value in the natural gas forwards market during the June 16-22 trading period. According to NGI’s Forward Look data, benchmark Henry Hub fell 56.2 cents week/week to average…

As traders and analysts prepared to examine the latest round of government inventory data in the context of ongoing balance impacts from the Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal outage, natural gas futures retreated in early trading Thursday. The July Nymex contract was off 13.3 cents to $6.725/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. August was…

After a sharper nosedive early Tuesday, natural gas futures recovered most ground and finished the day less than 15 cents lower than Friday’s close. Weather models drove the morning losses while technicals fueled the rebound, ultimately leaving the July Nymex futures contract 13.6 cents lower at $6.808/MMBtu. August futures fell 12.3 cents to $6.783. Spot…