October Nymex natural gas futures drifted on either side of the prior day’s settlement early Thursday as the market awaited the latest storage data for more definitive directional support.
The prompt month was down 3.5 cents to $2.249/MMBtu as of 8:45 a.m. ET Thursday. It traded from $2.247 to $2.319.
NatGasWeather said market bulls were battling to take out previous resistance at $2.28-2.30. What might determine if bulls finally take out $2.28 for good is the weekly storage report and whether the past two reports missing bullish carries over to this week.