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Natural gas prices have surged nearly 25% over the last month. Energy experts attribute the rise to cold weather expected in January and geopolitical issues around the globe.
Price per million BTU of oil and natural gas in the US, 1998-2015. Natural gas prices, as with other commodity prices, are mainly driven by supply and demand fundamentals. However, natural gas prices may also be linked to the price of crude oil and petroleum products, especially in continental Europe.
NYMEX's business threatened some entrenched interests like big oil and government groups like OPEC that had traditionally controlled oil prices. NYMEX provided an "open market" and thus transparent pricing for heating oil, and, eventually, crude oil, gasoline, and natural gas.
Propane is traded through NYMEX, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange since early 2013, via trading symbol PN. Natural gas is traded through NYMEX in units of 10,000 million BTU with the trading symbol of NG. Heating oil is traded through NYMEX under trading symbol HO.
And in Europe, natural gas prices jumped to 2024 highs this past week after Ukrainian troops crossed into Russia and claimed the capture of a key gas transit hub.
In the U.S., utility gas prices in September were 70% higher than in recent years. Europeans, who already pay much higher for natural gas, saw bills rise sharply by 50% — for example, in Estonia.
An energy derivative is a derivative contract based on (derived from) an underlying energy asset, such as natural gas, crude oil, or electricity. [1] Energy derivatives are exotic derivatives and include exchange-traded contracts such as futures and options, and over-the-counter (i.e., privately negotiated) derivatives such as forwards, swaps and options.
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and (COMEX) (Since 2008 Designated Contract Markets owned by the CME Group) Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) (Since 2012, a Designated Contract Market owned by the CME Group) NEX Group plc (NXG.L) (Since 2018, a Swap Execution Facility owned by the CME Group) [6] Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)