
US natural gas futures settled at $4.003 per mmBtu, the highest close in 31 months, as summer heat boosted power demand. Stockpiles are below normal and production growth is restrained.
The March 2022 premium over April reached near-record levels.
Sustained high US gas prices lift the cost of nitrogen fertiliser and power for processing, supporting feed input costs. The winter-premium signal points to continued tightness into the heating season.
After 155 past bullish macro events, Natural Gas moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -4.0% to +7.1%), and +2.0% 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.