{"id":50348,"date":"2026-11-09T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/?p=50348"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:16:21","slug":"december-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-2-998-on-friday-november-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/december-nymex-natural-gas-futures-contract-closed-at-2-998-on-friday-november-6th\/","title":{"rendered":"December NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $2.998 on Friday, November 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, November 6th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $2.986, $0.039 above Thursday\u2019s closing price of $2.947. In a volatile day of trading, prices initially trended lower to achieve an intraday low of $2.920 at 10:45AM. Assessing revised short-term forecasts, now calling for increased heating demand, though still historically bearish, prices traded higher into midday. Recording the intraday high of $3.031 at 1:30PM, December closed higher on Friday at $2.998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last Thursday, the EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published posted a 77 BCF injection to storage for the week ended October 30 \u2013 in line with the market estimate of 82 BCF. Working gas in storage was reported as 3,801 BCF; 2.8% below this time last year and 1.4% above the five-year average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Globex, as of 6:42AM this morning, WTI Crude was down $2.680; Natural Gas was up $0.016; Heating Oil was down $0.069; and Gasoline was down $0.068.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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>Friday, November 6th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $2.986, $0.039 above Thursday\u2019s closing price of $2.947. 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