: EIA reports a slightly smaller-than-expected weekly rise in U.S. natural-gas supply

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Thursday that U.S. natural-gas supplies in storage rose by 33 billion cubic feet for the week ended Sept. 1. On average, analysts surveyed by S&P Global Commodity Insights forecast an increase of 41 billion cubic feet. Total working gas in storage for the week was at 3.148 trillion cubic feet, up 462 billion cubic feet from a year ago and 222 billion cubic feet above the five-year average, the government said. In Thursday dealings, October natural gas NGV23 traded at $2.599 per million British thermal units, up 8.9 cents, or 3.6%, on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices traded at $2.56 ahead of the supply data.

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