Dow Jones - End of Day Natural Gas Commentary

DJ Natural Gas Falls on Supply Concerns

  By Nicole Friedman

  NEW YORK--Natural gas prices fell Monday on continued concerns about oversupply, despite stronger demand.

  Moderate weather has kept demand for natural gas as an indoor heating fuel subdued this winter, pushing inventories
higher and weighing on prices.

  Forecasts released Monday call for a bout of cold weather in the next two weeks. But analysts say the increased
demand isn't enough to counteract the glut of gas.

  Futures for February delivery settled down 7.6 cents, or 3.1%, at $2.396 a million British thermal units on the New
York Mercantile Exchange.

  "Domestic weather models are still forecasting colder-than-normal conditions, but not the extremely
colder-than-normal temps" predicted late last week, said energy-advisory firm Gelber & Associates in a note. "The
latest projections have the worst of the cold just skirting major population centers in the Northeast," which could
limit indoor-heating demand.

FUTURES              SETTLEMENT         NET CHANGE
Nymex February           $2.396              -7.6c
Nymex March              $2.389              -8.2c
Nymex April              $2.425              -7.2c

CASH HUB                  RANGE    PREVIOUS SESSION
El Paso Perm        $2.40-$2.45        $2.21-$2.485
El Paso SJ          $2.43-$2.565       $2.49-$2.615
Henry Hub           $2.46-$2.56        $2.44-$2.485
Katy                $2.37-$2.44        $2.40-$2.43
SoCal               $2.56-$2.60        $2.60-$2.72
Tex East M3         $2.65-$3.54        $1.80-$2.90
Transco 65          $2.43-$2.52        $2.4325-$2.47
Transco Z6          $4.25-$4.85        $3.30-$3.50
Waha                $2.40-$2.50        $2.415-$2.485

   Write to Nicole Friedman at nicole.friedman@wsj.com


  (END) Dow Jones Newswires

  January 11, 2016 15:50 ET (20:50 GMT)

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