Natural gas
US$ per MMBtu, nearest futures contract
What has the price done?
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Press and drag across the chart to see the change between two points. Source: Yahoo Finance, delayed. Bars are daily and prices are adjusted for splits, not dividends. Past returns don't predict future returns.
- Last price, per MMBtu
- US$2.883
- Day
- −2.34% ▼
- Year to date
- −21.79% ▼
- 1 year
- −27.12% ▼
- 52-week high
- US$7.46
- 52-week low
- US$2.523
Figures from the daily snapshot of 30 Oct 2026: NYMEX futures, nearest contract, Yahoo Finance, delayed. Futures prices can differ from spot, and changes over a year include rolling from one contract month to the next. Past returns don't predict future returns.
What it is and what moves it
This is the US benchmark price at Henry Hub, Louisiana. Gas heats homes and generates electricity, and it is shipped abroad as liquefied natural gas (LNG).
What tends to move the price
- Weather: cold winters and hot summers raise demand for heating and air conditioning.
- Storage levels, reported each week against the usual for the season.
- LNG exports, which link US gas to prices in Europe and Asia.
US gas is one of the jumpiest prices in markets, because the weather can change demand within days.
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Price data: Yahoo Finance, delayed. Prices are the nearest futures contract on each exchange, not spot prices, converted to US$ where quoted in cents. For education only. Not financial advice.