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Nat-Gas Prices Fall in Sympathy With Declines in Crude Oil

April Nymex natural gas (NGJ26 ) on Monday closed down -0.108 (-3.45%). Nat-gas prices fell sharply on Monday amid negative carryover from a -5% plunge in crude oil prices on hopes that the Strait of Hormuz can soon be reopened to maritime traffic. Also, a mixed US weather report weighed...

Barchart · Mar 16

Crude Oil Prices Slump on Hopes Strait of Hormuz to Soon Reopen

April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) today is down -3.35 (-3.39%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) is down -0.0033 (-0.11%). Crude oil prices are sharply lower today on hopes that oil tankers may soon be able to move through the Strait of Hormuz. Several oil tankers safely navigated the...

Barchart · Mar 16

Crude Oil Prices Rally as Iran War Disrupts Global Supplies

April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) on Friday closed up +2.98 (+3.11%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) closed up +0.0768 (+2.59%). Energy prices settled sharply higher on Friday amid news headlines that whipsawed prices. Crude prices recovered from early losses and rallied sharply on Friday after the Wall Street...

Barchart · Mar 13

Crude Oil Surges as Iran War Drags On

April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) today is up +8.84 (+10.13%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) is up +0.1341 (+4.81%). Energy prices are sharply higher today on comments from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who said that Iran's leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used...

Barchart · Mar 12

Nat-Gas Prices Rally as Iran War Drags On

April Nymex natural gas (NGJ26 ) on Wednesday closed up +0.189 (+6.26%). Nat-gas prices on Wednesday rallied in sympathy with crude oil prices and European gas prices as the Iran war drags on. Missiles hit three vessels on Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, and new...

Barchart · Mar 11

Crude Prices Rally Despite IEA Stockpile Release

April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) is up +4.62 (+5.54%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) is up +0.14379 (+5.60%). April WTI crude oil on Monday spiked up to a 3.75-year nearest-futures high of $119.48 but has since fallen back to the $87-per-barrel area. Crude oil prices spiked higher to...

Barchart · Mar 11

Nat-Gas Prices Fall on Hopes for Near-Term End to the War in Iran

April Nymex natural gas (NGJ26 ) on Tuesday closed down -0.100 (-3.21%), adding to Monday's -2.07% decline. Nat-gas prices have given back part of last week's overall +11.44% rally. Nat-gas prices fell on Tuesday due to milder weather and President Trump's insistence that the war in Iran will soon end....

Barchart · Mar 10

Crude Prices Plunge on Hopes for a Quick End to Iran War or at least a G-7 Oil Stockpile Release

April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) on Tuesday closed down -11.32 (-11.94%) at $83.45, and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) closed down -0.1681 (-5.99%). April WTI crude oil on Monday rallied to a 3.75-year nearest-futures high of $119.48 but has since fallen back to the $83-per-barrel area. Crude oil prices...

Barchart · Mar 10

Crude Prices Plunge as President Trump Insists War Will End Soon

April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) is down -10.78 (-11.37%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) is down -0.1752 (-6.24%). April WTI crude oil on Monday rallied to a 3.75-year nearest-futures high of $119.48 but has since fallen back to the $84-per-barrel area. Crude oil prices spiked higher to $119.48...

Barchart · Mar 10

Nat-Gas Prices Fall Back on Trump Comments

April Nymex natural gas (NGJ26 ) on Monday closed down -0.066 (-2.07%), giving back part of last Friday's rally of +6.09%. April nat-gas prices on Monday rallied to a 5-week high but then fell back and closed the day lower. Nat-gas prices initially rallied on Monday as crude oil soared...

Barchart · Mar 9