CME/Nymex May gas futures gained 5.7￠ to close at $3.973/MMBtu.

摘要

Prices opened lower at $3.855 and proceeded to grind down to an intraday low of $3.847 during morning trading before buyers began to enter the market as major technical support levels held. In the afternoon, light short covering materialized, sending May gas to an intraday high of $3.99. The US Dept of Commerce is scheduled to release a report Wednesday on factory orders, which could also be bullish for natural gas. Industrial demand for gas dropped nearly 8% in 2009 during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.