August NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.325 on Monday, July 21st

July 22, 2025

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Monday, July 21st saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $3.430, $0.135 below Friday’s closing price of $3.565. After tallying the intraday high of $3.433 within minutes of the opening bell, prices then continued the overnight retreat as weather models culled cooling demand from their forecasts. Arcing lower into the morning, the contract crossed midday at $3.322 before finding bottom at the intraday low of $3.287 at 1:55PM. August closed lower on Monday at $3.325.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday posted a 46 BCF injection to storage for the week ended July 11 – in line with the market estimate of a 42 BCF injection. Total working gas in storage was reported as 3,052 BCF; 4.9% below this time last year and 6.2% above the five-year average.

As of 7:45AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $0.72; Natural Gas was down $0.051; Heating Oil was down $0.059; and Gasoline was down $0.024.

               
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