U.S.-based natural gas contracts are losing more than 6% today after weekly EIA data indicated a larger build in crude inventories than expected. The weekly change was +35 bcf versus an expected +25 bcf and an earlier reading of -6 bcf.ย
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NATGAS failed to break above the resistance zone set by the 50- and 100-day exponential moving averages (blue and purple curves on the chart, respectively). The declines seen today are pushing commodity prices to their lowest levels in two weeks ย Source: xStation