Monday, September 22nd saw the front-month NYMEX Natural Gas contract open at $2.919, $0.031 above Friday’s closing price of $2.888. Recording the intraday high of $2.931 within minutes of the opening bell, prices traded sideways near $2.915 until 10:00AM. Low demand and steady production provided support for the bears to take control. Falling to cross midday at $2.825, the contract recorded a four-week intraday low of $2.804 at 2:25PM as October closed lower on Monday at $2.806.
The EIA Natural Gas Storage Report published last Thursday posted a 90 BCF injection to storage for the week ended September 12 – above the market estimate of an 83 BCF injection. Total working gas in storage was reported as 3,433 BCF; 0.1% below this time last year and 6.3% above the five-year average.
As of 7:15AM this morning in Globex, WTI Crude was up $0.620; Natural Gas was down $0.018; Heating Oil was up $0.019; and Gasoline was up $0.013.
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