Natural gas futures

Amid mixed overnight weather trends, natural gas futures skidded lower early Thursday as traders prepared to digest another round of government inventory data. Heading into its first day as the prompt month, the February Nymex contract was off 5.0 cents to $3.800/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. Surveys show a wide range of expectations for…

Natural gas futures held onto the extensive gains they accumulated at the start of the holiday week, slipping only a few pennies on additional warming in the forecast. The January Nymex contract settled Tuesday at $4.055/MMBtu, off only a half-cent from Monday’s close. The February contract slipped 5.7 cents to $3.885. At A Glance: Weather…

Weather models teasing additional January cold helped to rally natural gas futures early Wednesday ahead of front month expiration. The January Nymex contract was up 15.5 cents to $4.210/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. After Tuesday’s runs produced warmer trends, weather models shifted colder overnight by “enhancing colder risks” for the eastern half of the…

Upcoming contract expirations and some wintry weather in the forecast fueled a massive recovery for natural gas futures on Monday. The January Nymex futures contract settled at $4.060/MMBtu, up 32.9 cents from last Thursday’s close. The February contract jumped 31.2 cents to $3.942. Spot gas prices were a mixed bag at the start of the…

Weather-driven demand losses in the latest round of forecasts saw natural gas futures give back some of their recent gains in early trading Tuesday. Coming off a 32.9-cent rally in the previous session, the January Nymex contract was 4.3 cents to $4.017/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET. The February contract was down 5.5 cents to…

As forecasts continued to offer signs of a chillier start to 2022, natural gas futures advanced in early trading Monday. The January Nymex contract was up 14.8 cents to $3.879/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET, albeit well off the $3.979 high reached in off-hours trading over the weekend. At A Glance: EIA shows stocks at…

As forecasts continued to offer signs of a chillier start to 2022, natural gas futures advanced in early trading Monday. The January Nymex contract was up 14.8 cents to $3.879/MMBtu at around 8:50 a.m. ET, albeit well off the $3.979 high reached in off-hours trading over the weekend. Prices gapped higher following the Christmas holiday…

Natural gas futures took a major step back Thursday as an upcoming cold snap was seen not packing quite as much punch as initially expected. Though the latest government inventory data showed continued tightness, the January Nymex gas futures contract settled 24.5 cents lower day/day at $3.731/MMBtu. The February contract dropped 23.0 cents to $3.630.…

After some intraday volatility amid thin pre-holiday trading, natural gas futures shot higher midweek on the increasing likelihood that frigid air would finally descend into vast stretches of the United States. The January Nymex gas futures contract soared 10.7 cents to settle at $3.976 on Wednesday. The prompt month has gained 28.6 cents over the…