Natural gas rose the most in four months on speculation that one morning the Department of Energy report showed that stockpiles rose less than the average of five years, eroding a surplus of inventory.
The Energy Department can say that the increased supply 8 billion cubic feet last week, according to the median of 22 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The five-year average gain for the week is 18 million dollars.
"Rising temperatures are low, and there is the possibility that tomorrow may report a net withdrawal from storage," said Teri Viswanath, director of commodity research at Credit of U.S. Securities Suisse in Houston, who estimated that inventories fell by 5 per thousand cubic feet.
Natural gas for December delivery rose 21.2 cents, or 5.6 percent, to settle at 04.03 dollars...