October NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract Closed at $2.997 on Friday, August 29th

September 2, 2025

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Friday, August 29th saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $2.961, $0.017 above Thursday’s closing price of $2.944. Falling to an intraday low of $2.921 at 9:45AM, the contract proceeded to rise steadily throughout the session as the previous day’s storage-induced rally continued. Forcing some bears to cover their positions ahead of the long holiday weekend, prices surpassed the $3.000 level for the first time in three weeks. Tallying an intraday high of $3.007 at 2:10PM, October closed higher on Friday at $2.997; up 11% on the week.

Markets were closed on Monday September 1 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday posted an 18 BCF injection to storage for the week ended August 22 – in line with the market estimate of a 20 BCF injection. Total working gas in storage was reported as 3,217 BCF; 3.4% below this time last year and 5.0% above the five-year average.

As of 7:20AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $1.730; Natural Gas was down $0.063; Heating Oil was up $0.081; and Gasoline was up $0.061.

               
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