{"id":48593,"date":"2026-03-06T15:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/?p=48593"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:13:35","slug":"april-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-3-003-on-thursday-march-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/april-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-3-003-on-thursday-march-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"April NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.003 on Thursday, March 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, March 5th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $2.950, $0.033 above Wednesday\u2019s closing price $2.917. Pulling back to trade along $2.935 leading up to the weekly storage publication, prices marked the intraday low of $2.920 shortly after the report hitting the wire. Finding new life shortly after midday as the war in Iran and steady LNG demand outweighed fading heating demand, the contract soared to an intraday high of $3.046 at 1:55PM. April closed higher on Thursday at $3.003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published Thursday posted a 132 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended February 27 \u2013 greater than the market estimate of a 125 BCF withdrawal. Total working gas in storage was reported as 1,886 BCF; 6.5% below this time last year and 2.2% below the five-year average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 8:00AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $4.900; Natural Gas was up $0.079; Heating Oil was up $0.090; and Gasoline was up $0.032.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For access to Sprague\u2019s full Natural Gas Market Watch Report including commentary not posted here, please send your request to natgas@spragueenergy.com or call 1-855-466-2842<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, March 5th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $2.950, $0.033 above Wednesday\u2019s closing price $2.917. 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