
March Nymex natural gas (NGH25) on Monday closed up sharply by +0.308 (+10.12%).
Mar nat-gas prices Monday surged to a 1-week high and settled sharply higher. Prices rallied on forecasts for significantly colder US temperatures that will boost heating demand for nat-gas. The Commodity Weather Group said Monday that beginning later this week, it expects below-normal temperatures across most of the northern half of the US for most of this month. Short covering in nat-gas prices also emerged Monday after European nat-gas prices rallied to a 15-month high.