
August Nymex natural gas (NGQ25) on Monday closed up +0.152 (+4.59%).
Aug nat-gas prices on Monday rallied sharply and posted a 1-week high. Hotter US weather forecasts that will boost nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power increased air-conditioning usage pushed prices sharply higher on Monday. Forecaster Atmospheric G2 said Monday that forecasts shifted warmer across much of the southern and central US for July 19-23, and hotter for the eastern two-thirds of the country for July 24-28.