The combination of back-to-back geopolitical and political news and winter storms have made for surging prices that have blown short sellers out of the water. Natural gas is a fossil fuel ...

U.S. natural gas futures were lower after U.S. inventories declined as expected. Analysts at Morgan Stanley raised their forecasts for prices in 2025 as January is shaping up to be the coldest in a decade.

Crude oil futures pulled back Thursday from five-month highs reached in the previous session on supply concerns around stepped-up U.S. sanctions on Russia, declining U.S. stockpiles and winter weather-driven demand for heating fuels.