{"id":46557,"date":"2025-04-29T12:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/?p=46557"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:55:08","slug":"may-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-3-343-on-monday-april-28th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/may-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-3-343-on-monday-april-28th\/","title":{"rendered":"June NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.343 on Monday, April 28th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, April 28<sup>th<\/sup> saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $2.892, $0.045 cents below Friday\u2019s closing price of $2.937. Posting a strong recovery throughout the day, which analysts attributed to short-covering following last week\u2019s sell-off, May settled higher on Monday at $3.170.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready to assume the front-month position, the June contract opened $0.012 lower on Monday at $3.102. Having roamed into oversold territory on Friday, prices surged higher early on to reach $3.331 at 10:15AM. Marking the intraday high of $3.362 at 2:05PM, June closed higher on Monday at $3.343.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published on Thursday posted an 88 BCF injection to storage for the week ended April 18 \u2013 above the market estimate of an 80 BCF injection. Total working gas in storage was reported as 1,934 BCF; 19.8% below this time last year and 2.2% below the five-year average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 7:30AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was down $1.180; Natural Gas was up $0.049; Heating Oil was down $0.024; and Gasoline was down $0.023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For access to Sprague\u2019s full Natural Gas Market Watch Report including commentary not posted here, please send your request to <a href=\"mailto:natgas@spragueenergy.com\">natgas@spragueenergy.com<\/a> or call 1-855-466-2842<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, April 28th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $2.892, $0.045 cents below Friday\u2019s closing price of $2.937. 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