
May Nymex natural gas (NGK23) on Thursday closed up +0.027 (+1.22%).
Nat-gas prices Thursday recovered from early losses and closed moderately higher. Forecasts for colder-than-usual U.S. weather that will boost heating demand for nat-gas sparked short covering late Thursday morning after the Commodity Weather Group said below-normal temperatures are expected across the central and eastern U.S. from Apr 25-29.