# US natgas futures up - Markets - Business Recorder

> US natural gas futures rose about 1% on forecasts of hotter weather through mid-August. Gas prices were up about 52% in July, and the Freeport LNG plant outage continues.

- Date: 2022-07-29 · published 2022-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40668-us-natgas-futures-up-markets-business-recorder
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Expected heat-driven gas burn and reduced storage injections support near-term US gas prices and fertilizer input costs.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2022-11-08 | [US natgas futures jump - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7580-us-natgas-futures-jump-markets-business-recorder.md) | +7.4% | -11.6% |
| NATGAS | 2023-04-20 | [US natgas futures up on output decline - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36592-us-natgas-futures-up-on-output-decline-markets-business-recorder.md) | -2.6% | +4.3% |
| NATGAS | 2024-01-10 | [US natgas prices higher - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4186-us-natgas-prices-higher-markets-business-recorder.md) | -11.0% | -39.3% |
| NATGAS | 2020-12-31 | [US natgas futures set for best year since 2016 - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49822-us-natgas-futures-set-for-best-year-since-2016-markets-business-recorder.md) | +15.8% | +9.6% |
| NATGAS | 2020-08-20 | [US natural gas futures up at fresh 8-month high - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51822-us-natural-gas-futures-up-at-fresh-8-month-high-markets-business-recorder.md) | +2.6% | -24.4% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40188810
- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40189144

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