
June Nymex natural gas (NGM23) on Thursday closed down -0.126 (-5.46%).
Jun nat-gas Friday dropped to a 2-week low and closed sharply lower. Forecasts for seasonal U.S. temperatures that will reduce nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power air conditioning weighed on nat-gas prices. The Commodity Weather Group is forecasting mild temperatures across the southern and eastern U.S. over the next 15 days. Also, a plunge in European nat-gas price Friday to a 2-year low is undercutting U.S. gas prices.