# Asian Spot Buying Rebounds, Tightening Global Natural Gas Market and Lifting Prices — LNG Recap

> European gas prices rose on May 19, with the July TTF contract closing at $11.62/MMBtu after three weeks of gains. Asian spot buying picked up as Bangladesh, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam sought summer cargoes. Colder forecasts for parts of Europe also supported prices.

- Date: 2025-05-19 · published 2025-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24870-asian-spot-buying-rebounds-tightening-global-natural-gas-market-and-lifting
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger global LNG prices and competition for cargoes support higher international gas prices, which can lift US export demand and feed into fertilizer costs.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- naturalgasintel.com: https://naturalgasintel.com/news/asian-spot-buying-rebounds-tightening-global-natural-gas-market-and-lifting-prices-lng-recap/

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