Natural Gas Caps First Monthly Advance Since April
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Natural gas futures capped the first monthly gain since April in New York as a burst of late-summer heat spurred power-plant demand, slowing stockpiling efforts.
MDA Weather Services predicted above-normal temperatures from Texas to the Northeast through the first week of September. Gas advanced 5.8 percent in August as the flow of the fuel into storage caverns dropped to a 16-week low last week, government data show.