MTECHTIPS:-Natural Gas Futures Sink To 3-Week Lows Ahead of Storage Report
MTECHTIPS:-Natural Gas Futures Sink To 3-Week Lows Ahead of Storage Report
MTECHTIPS- Natural gas futures extended losses into a third session to hit its lowest level in around three weeks on Wednesday, as investors looked ahead to weekly data from the U.S. on supplies in storage to gauge demand for the fuel. The report comes out one day ahead of its normal release time due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. on Thursday. declined 2.4 cents, or around 0.8%, to $2.994 per million British thermal units by 7:20 AM ET (1220 GMT). It reached its worst level since Nov. 3 at $2.993 earlier in the session. Prices , as traders reacted to forecasts calling for less heating demand through the end of this month. Gas futures often reach a seasonal low in late October and early November, when mild weather weakens demand, before recovering in the winter, when heating-fuel use peaks. The heating season from November through March is the peak demand period for U.S. gas consumption. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release its official weekly for the week ended Nov. 17 at 12:00 PM ET (1700 G MT), amid expectations for a withdrawal of 51 billion cubic feet (b cf). That compares with a drop of 18 bcf in the preceding week, a fall of 2 bcf a year earlier and a five-year average decline of 26 bcf. Total natural gas in storage currently stands at 3.772 trillion cubic feet (tcf), according to the EIA. That figure is 271 bcf, or around 6.7%, lower than levels at this time a year ago and 101 bcf, or roughly 2.6%, below the five-year average for this time of year
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