From Myra P. Saefong: The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Thursday that domestic supplies of natural gas rose by 106 billion cubic feet for the week ended May 10. The average forecast of analysts polled by S&P Global Platts had called for an increase of 101 billion cubic feet. Total stocks now stand at 1.653 trillion cubic feet, up 130 billion cubic feet from a year ago, but 286 billion below the five-year average, the government said. June natural gas NGM19, +1.46% traded at $2.630 per million British thermal units, up 2.9 cents, or 1.1%, from Wednesday’s settlement. It was trading at $2.612 before the data.
