Natural-gas futures on Thursday extended their losses after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that supplies of natural gas rose by 99 billion cubic feet for the week ended July 10. Analysts polled by Platts forecast a climb of 93 billion cubic feet to 97 billion cubic feet. Total stocks now stand at 2.767 trillion cubic feet, up 653 billion cubic feet from a year ago and 73 billion cubic feet above the five-year average, the government said. August natural gas was at $2.884 per million British thermal units, down 3.4 cents, or 1.2%. It was trading at $2.90 before the data.
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