With the market still on edge as it awaits details on early heating season temperatures, natural gas futures advanced in early trading Friday. The November Nymex contract was up 4.7 cents to $5.724/MMBtu at around 8:45 a.m. ET.

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Natural gas prices continued to show volatility in after-hours trading ahead of Friday’s session, with the prompt month trading in a roughly 30-cent range, Bespoke Weather Services noted.

“The gyrations in our market have largely been tied to price action over in Europe as opposed to moving on any specific pieces of data here in the U.S.,” Bespoke said. “Our stance remains that we will see things begin to change as we reach the middle of October, as that is typically the time of year we see the market start focusing more on the weather pattern,...