Natural Gas falls slightly in European trading hours as US markets are closed for Labor Day. Substantial declines aren’t expected as European gas supply is under pressure. Over the weekend, supply from three Norwegian gas fields was halted, sending Norwegian gas exports to the EU to its lowest level since 2015.
Meanwhile, the US Dollar trades mixed after a US Jobs report that delivered a knee-jerk reaction. The US Dollar Index first weakened on the initial headlines, and reversed an hour later as markets digested the report’s content, which pointed to still strong labour market conditions. With the US on holiday, no big moves are expected in either Natural Gas futures or in the Greenback.
At the time of writing, Natural Gas is trading at $2.844 per MMBtu.
Natural Gas was on a tear last week, together with Crude Oil prices. Though the European bloc has its gas stockpiles filled up over more than 90%, it looks like it will need to scramble for any further needs..
On the upside, $3 is the level to watch after the double top formation from Friday and Thursday. Just above there, the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) is present as a cap and has not been tested in the past few months. Keep an eye on $3.03 before targeting $3.18 and testing the upper side of the trend channel.
On the downside, the trend channel has done a massive job underpinning the price action. Aside from one small false break, ample support was provided near $2.71. The 55-daySMA needs to give that much needed support at $2.71 ahead of the ascending trend channel at $2.63. Any falling knives can still be caught by the 100-day SMA near $2.58.
Supply and demand dynamics are a key factor influencing Natural Gas prices, and are themselves influenced by global economic growth, industrial activity, population growth, production levels, and inventories. The weather impacts Natural Gas prices because more Gas is used during cold winters and hot summers for heating and cooling. Competition from other energy sources impacts prices as consumers may switch to cheaper sources. Geopolitical events are factors as exemplified by the war in Ukraine. Government policies relating to extraction, transportation, and environmental issues also impact prices.
The main economic release influencing Natural Gas prices is the weekly inventory bulletin from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a US government agency that produces US gas market data. The EIA Gas bulletin usually comes out on Thursday at 14:30 GMT, a day after the EIA publishes its weekly Oil bulletin. Economic data from large consumers of Natural Gas can impact supply and demand, the largest of which include China, Germany and Japan. Natural Gas is primarily priced and traded in US Dollars, thus economic releases impacting the US Dollar are also factors.
The US Dollar is the world’s reserve currency and most commodities, including Natural Gas are priced and traded on international markets in US Dollars. As such, the value of the US Dollar is a factor in the price of Natural Gas, because if the Dollar strengthens it means less Dollars are required to buy the same volume of Gas (the price falls), and vice versa if USD strengthens.
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