
April Nymex natural gas (NGJ24) on Thursday closed up +0.083 (+5.01%), breaking a string of six consecutive sessions of losses.
Nat-gas prices on Thursday rallied after the EIA weekly report showed that US gas inventories fell by -9 bcf, a larger drawdown than market expectations of -2 bcf. Nat-gas prices also saw support from short-covering after recent losses, and cooler weather forecasts. NatGasWeather forecasted that the northern third of the US will have mild to cool weather for March 21-28.