European natural gas prices rose above 97 euros per megawatt-hour, the highest since late 2022. Colder weather is lifting demand while the Iran war continues to disrupt global supplies.
Higher gas prices raise nitrogen fertilizer and energy costs for feed production, supporting feed input prices.
After 136 past bullish geopolitics events, Natural Gas moved a median +2.7% over 5 sessions (63% higher; middle half -1.8% to +8.8%), and +4.0% over 20.
After 205 past bullish geopolitics events, Urea moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (53% higher; middle half -2.1% to +3.0%), and -0.4% 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.
European gas hit highest since 2022 on Oct 26 amid Iran war supply disruption, a sentiment and LNG pull spillover supporting prices into Oct 27.