The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Thursday that domestic supplies of natural gas rose by 84 billion cubic feet for the week ended Aug. 30. The average forecast of analysts polled by S&P Global Platts had called for an increase of 75 billion cubic feet. Total stocks now stand at 2.941 trillion cubic feet, up 383 billion cubic feet from a year ago, but 82 billion below the five-year average, the government said. October natural gas NGV19, -1.55% traded at $2.407 per million British thermal units, down 3.8 cents, or 1.6%, from Wednesday's settlement. It was trading at $2.43 before the data. (full story)