
September Nymex natural gas (NGU25) on Wednesday closed up +0.150 (+5.52%).
Sep nat-gas prices on Wednesday rallied sharply to a 1-week high on anticipation that Thursday's weekly storage report will show a lower-than-normal build in nat-gas inventories. The consensus is that EIA nat-gas inventories rose +27 bcf for the week ended August 22, below the five-year average for this time of year of +38 bcf. Thin trading conditions exacerbated gains in nat-gas prices as Wednesday was the last trading day for the September nat-gas futures contract.