Natural gas futures

Lighter shoulder season demand and soft export data overshadowed bullish production estimates and weighed down natural gas futures to kick off trading this week. At A Glance: Weak near-term demand Production remains softer NGI models injection of 55 Bcf The May Nymex gas futures contract on Monday settled at $1.691/MMBtu, down 7.9 cents day/day. Cash…

Prompt-month natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) neared $2.00/MMBtu last week but failed to push beyond a $1.943 Wednesday intraday high. With technical and fundamental support lacking, the front month headed lower on Monday, slipping 7.9 cents to settle at $1.691, and was trading marginally flat Tuesday morning. “The May Nymex…

Lighter shoulder season demand and soft export data overshadowed bullish production estimates and weighed down natural gas futures to kick off trading this week. At A Glance: Weak near-term demand Production remains softer NGI models 55 Bcf injection The May Nymex gas futures contract on Monday settled at $1.691/MMBtu, down 7.9 cents day/day. Cash prices…

Natural gas markets felt the pressure of soft shoulder season fundamentals through midday trading Monday. Pleasant April weather, sagging export volumes and the continued inversion of the West Texas spot market contributed to a bearish outlook. Here’s the latest: May Nymex futures down 9.0 cents to $1.680/MMBtu as of 2:17 p.m. ET Flows to U.S.…

Natural gas futures were bound by a narrow range of gains and losses Friday. This capped a topsy-turvy trading week that featured falling production and an early rally, but also rapidly waning weather demand and choppy LNG activity that later sapped sentiment. At A Glance: Mild weather ahead Output near 99 Bcf/d Storage surplus holds…

With the market weighing mild shoulder season weather and bloated storage against weaker production, regional natural gas forward prices generally held steady at the front of the curve during the April 4-10 trading period. Fixed prices at benchmark Henry Hub finished the period at $1.888/MMBtu for May delivery, up 4.3 cents week/week, according to NGI’s…

Natural gas futures were on track to finish near even at the front of the curve through midday Friday as a steep sell-off in the previous session had bulls licking their wounds. Spot prices, meanwhile, were plummeting on pleasant April weather and light weekend demand. Here’s the latest: May Nymex contract at $1.773/MMBtu at around…

Natural gas futures on Thursday fumbled away gains made earlier this week following a stronger-than-expected government inventory print and forecasts for benign weather and weak demand ahead. At A Glance: EIA prints 24 Bcf build Production holds lower Weather demand fades Following modest gains over the prior four sessions, the May Nymex gas futures contract…

Following a heavy sell-off in the previous session, natural gas futures treaded water in early trading Friday as the market continued to digest the price implications of an unexpectedly plump springtime injection. The May Nymex contract was trading at $1.766/MMBtu, up 0.2 cents, as of 8:40 a.m. ET. June was up 0.2 cents to $2.002.…