The prompt-month natural gas futures plummeted 6.5% to the low $2.60s pressured by an updated European winter outlook calling for widespread warmth for much of the central and eastern US

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Also weighing on the market, an expected storage build that will push gas inventories to a new record above 4 trillion cubic feet. "Winter is getting off to a delayed start and this has traders rushing to sell," Gelber & Associates analyst Kent Bayazitoglu said. "Last year’s mild winter is still fresh on trader’s minds and there no talk of a polar vortex."