
February Nymex natural gas (NGG26) on Friday closed down -0.238 (-6.99%),
Feb nat-gas prices added to this week's sell-off on Friday, dropping to a 2.5-month nearest-futures low. Forecasts of warmer US weather that will reduce nat-gas heating demand and allow storage levels to rebuild are undercutting prices. Forecaster NatGasWeather said Friday that forecasts are warming across most of the US for January 9-15, with temperatures shifting even warmer across most of the country for January 16-23.