Penchant

Traders with a penchant for market volatility and large priceswings may want to think twice about scheduling that three-dayweekend. Mondays, as of late, have been a roller coaster ride fornatural gas futures, with either double- digit increases (Oct. 26and Nov. 2) or declines (Nov. 9) welcoming traders back from theweekend. And the market held true to form yesterday, when forecastscalling for normal and above-normal temperatures managed toinspire fund, local and commercial sellers to push the Decembercontract to its two-week low. But in contrast to the declines lastMonday which came in a selling frenzy during the final twentyminutes of trading, yesterday’s price erosion was an all day affairthat left December down 15.4 cents to $2.305.