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US natural gas prices slumped as unusually warm weather across the continental United States cut heating demand just as the heating season began. Hedge fund long positions were concentrated, leaving prices vulnerable to a reversal as those funds exited.
Weaker heating demand reduces near-term gas consumption and gas-fired power burn, which pressures Henry Hub prices and the cost of gas-linked energy inputs for feed processors.
reuters.comJohn KempOct 27, 2016After 104 past bearish weather events, Natural Gas moved a median -7.8% over 5 sessions (22% higher; middle half -14.8% to -0.8%), and -3.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
