On Nymex, April gasoline RBJ5, +0.32% tracked on nearly a penny to $1.826 a gallon and April heating oil HOJ5, +0.54% settled at $1.814 a gallon, up just over half a cent.
April natural gas NGJ15, -0.25% climbed 9.2 cents, or 3.4%, to end at $2.824 per million British thermal units ahead of the EIA’s update Thursday on natural-gas supplies.
Oil futures fell on Wednesday after a U.S. government report showed a ninth straight weekly climb in crude supplies, but pared losses late in the trading session to hold ground at a two-week low.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude for delivery in April CLJ5, -0.02% settled at $48.17 a barrel, down 12 cents, or 0.3%. Price, which traded under $48 for much of the session following the government report, managed to hold ground at their lowest settlement level since Feb. 26.
April Brent crude LCOJ5, +0.42% on London’s ICE Futures exchange added $1.15, or 2%, to end at $57.54 a barrel.
Elsewhere in metals trading, April platinum PLJ5, +0.31% fell $14.60, or 1.3%, to end at $1,115.40 an ounce, while June palladium PAM5, +0.14% lost $14.70, or 1.8%, to $789.40 an ounce.
May copper HGK5, +0.06% shed 1.8 cents, or 0.7%, to $2.606 a pound.
