Natural Gas Market Update

Elsewhere in energy trading, natural gas for February NGG15, +1.54%  delivery rose nearly 6 cents, or 2%, to end at $2.9270 per million British thermal units, as stockpiles fell. Natural-gas inventories declined 131 billion cubic feet in the week ended Jan. 2, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said. Analysts polled by Platts had expected a decline between 117 bcf and 121 bcf.