Daily Market Update June 29, 2017

Early Morning Update

The Aug17 natural gas contract is trading down $0.01 at $3.08.  The Aug17 crude contract is up $0.51 at $45.25. 

Summary

Yesterday, natural gas prices rose for the fifth session in a row, as the prompt month gained three cents and settled at $3.067/MMBtu.  It was also the ninth consecutive month that saw prices rise on the last day of trading before expiration.  The Jul17 natural gas contract rolled off the boards yesterday, and Aug17 makes its debut as the prompt month today.  August was also up three cents yesterday, settling at $3.094/MMBtu.  Weather continues to be the primary driver, with warmer-than-normal weather forecast across the entire U.S. for at least the next two weeks.  Natural gas production has average 71.7 Bcf/d over the past six days, and is expected to be near 71.9 Bcf/d today.  Estimates for the weekly storage increase for the week to June 23 center around a 50 Bcf build, which is higher than the 41 Bcf injection seen last year for the same week, but much lower than the 72 Bcf five-year average.  The U.S. energy Information is scheduled to release their weekly storage data at 10:30 this morning.

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