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Screen, Some Bullish Weather Boost Most Points

Spot prices saved their best for last — at least in the viewpoint of bullish traders — by making the strongest gains of last week virtually across the board on Friday. A large futures uptick a day earlier combined with increasing weather-based load in some areas to support the physical market.

May 2, 2011

Despite Modestly Bullish Storage Draw, Futures Finish Lower

In a trading session that rewarded the contrarian viewpoint,natural gas futures tumbled lower Wednesday afternoon after traderslearned that the market withdrew a larger-than-expected volume ofgas out of the ground last week. The March contract shuffled 55cents lower during the last 70 minutes of trading yesterday toclose at $5.707, off 39 cents for the day.

February 1, 2001