
May Nymex natural gas (NGK25) on Friday closed down -0.301 (-7.27%).
May nat-gas prices plunged to a 1-week low Friday on global trade war concerns and forecasts for warmer US temperatures, which could curb heating demand for nat-gas. Trade war concerns hammered equity markets for the past two days and sparked risk-off sentiment in asset markets, undercutting nat-gas prices. Also, the Commodity Weather Group said Friday that forecasts for the eastern half of the US shifted warmer for April 14-18.