March NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $3.237 on Monday, February 2nd

February 3, 2026

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Monday, February 2nd saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $3.537, $0.817 below Friday’s closing price of 4.354. With complete disregard for Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction for six more weeks of winter, weather models shed notable forecasted heating demand for the coming weeks. With production returning to pre-storm operation levels, the contract posted an intraday high of $3.586 at 9:55AM. Trending lower throughout the session, prices fell to an intraday low of $3.155 at 2:15PM. March closed lower on Monday at $3.237.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday posted a 242 BCF withdrawal from storage for the week ended January 23 – greater than the market estimate of a 230 BCF withdrawal. Total working gas in storage was reported as 2,823 BCF; 7.9% above this time last year and 5.3% above the five-year average.

As of 6:00AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.070; Natural Gas was down $0.014; Heating Oil was up $0.015; and Gasoline was up $0.006.

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