
February Nymex natural gas (NGG25) on Friday closed up by +0.288 (+7.78%).
Feb nat-gas prices Friday extended this week's rally to a 1-1/2 week high. Nat-gas rallied sharply Friday on the outlook for frigid US temperatures in the next two weeks, which will boost heating demand for nat-gas. NatGasWeather .com said Friday that an arctic blast of cold air will settle across most of the interior of US from January 19-24.