
March Nymex natural gas (NGH26) on Wednesday closed up by +0.044 (+1.41%).
March nat-gas prices recovered from a 4-week nearest-futures low on Wednesday and moved higher as short-covering emerged in anticipation of a greater-than-normal withdrawal of US nat-gas storage levels. The consensus is that Thursday's weekly EIA nat-gas inventories will decline by -257 bcf for the week ended February 6, a much larger draw than the five-year average for this time of year of -146 bcf.