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October natural gas futures settled at $1.835 per MMBtu, down 21.3 cents, the first close below $2.00 since early August. The decline followed lower LNG feed gas flows, a seasonal maintenance outage at Cove Point LNG and forecasts of milder Midwest temperatures.
Lower LNG feed gas demand and milder weather reduce near-term gas prices, which eases energy and fertilizer costs for feed producers. The effect is mostly on the energy complex.
naturalgasintel.comKevin DobbsSep 21, 2020After 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.
October futures fell 21.3 cents to $1.835 on lower LNG feedgas, Cove Point maintenance and milder forecasts, which is the immediate preceding sell-off that fed the volatility.
