March NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.509 on Thursday, February 5th

February 6, 2026

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Thursday, February 5th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $3.532, $0.067 above Wednesday’s closing price of $3.465. Seeking direction throughout the session, prices were hovering near $3.510 ahead of an expected historic storage pull. Falling shy of expectations, prices withdrew shortly after 10:30AM to record the intraday low of $3.328 at 11:15AM. Reclaiming the $3.500 level ahead of midday as the latest forecasts provided support, March closed higher on Thursday at $3.509.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday posted a 360 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended January 30 – below the market estimate of a 375 BCF withdrawal. Total working gas in storage was reported as 2,463 BCF; 1.7% above this time last year and 1.1% below the five-year average.

As of 7:15AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.310; Natural Gas was up $0.077; Heating Oil was down $0.015; and Gasoline was down $0.002.

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