{"id":49246,"date":"2026-07-06T12:44:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/?p=49246"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:45:28","slug":"august-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-3-196-on-thursday-july-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/august-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-3-196-on-thursday-july-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"August NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.196 on Thursday, July 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, July 2nd <\/sup>saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $3.249, $0.026 below Tuesday\u2019s closing price of $3.220. With the current heatwave already priced into the market, traders awaited the bearish-leaning storage report leading to 10:30AM as prices hovered near $3.180. Dropping to the intraday low of $3.151 following the above-average injection, the contract then posted a steady recovery, spanning into the afternoon. Recording the intraday high of $3.213 at 1:55PM, August closed lower on Thursday at $3.196.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday posted an 87 BCF injection to storage for the week ended June 26 \u2013 in line with the market estimate of 82 BCF. Working gas in storage was reported as 2,922 BCF; 0.8% below this time last year and 6.4% above the five-year average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Globex, as of 7:10AM this morning, WTI Crude was down $0.090; Natural Gas was down $0.013; Heating Oil was up $0.080; and Gasoline was up $0.040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              
For access to Sprague\u2019s full Natural Gas Market Watch Report including commentary not posted here, please send your request to natgas@spragueenergy.com<\/a> or call 1-855-466-2842<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday, July 2nd saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $3.249, $0.026 below Tuesday\u2019s closing price of $3.220. 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