
September Nymex natural gas (NGU25) on Friday closed down -0.128 (-4.53%).
Sep nat-gas prices sank to a 9.5-month nearest-futures low Friday and settled sharply lower on the prospects of cooler US temperatures reducing demand for nat-gas to power air conditioning. On Friday, Forecaster Atmospheric G2 said that forecasts shifted cooler in the eastern and southern US for August 27-31, and shifted cooler across the middle of the country for September 1-5.