
April Nymex natural gas (NGJ25) on Monday closed up +0.092 (+2.09%).
April nat-gas prices on Monday rallied to a new 2-year high on signs that US nat-gas storage levels could tighten further ahead of the summer air-conditioning season. BloombergNEF projects that US gas storage will be 10% below the five-year average this summer. As of February 28, EIA nat-gas inventories were -11.3% below their 5-year average and near the tightest supplies have been in over 2-1/2 years.