Natural Gas Climbs as Heat Limits Inventory Gain

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Natural gas futures advanced to a six-week high in New York as a burst of late-summer heat slowed stockpiling of the power-plant fuel.

Above-normal temperatures will sweep from Texas to the Northeast through next week, said MDA Weather Services. A government report showed gas inventories expanded last week at the lowest rate since May 2 after hot weather across much of the central U.S.