The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Thursday that U.S. natural-gas supplies in storage fell by 55 billion cubic feet for the week ended Dec. 8. That matched the average weekly reject forecast by analysts surveyed by S&P Global Commodity Insights. Total working gas in storage for the week was at 3.664 trillion cubic feet, up 245 billion cubic feet from a year ago and 260 billion cubic feet above the five-year average, the government said. In Thursday dealings, January natural gas
NGF24,
traded at $2.401 per million British thermal units, up 6.6 cents, or 2.8%, on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices traded at $2.394 ahead of the supply data.
