Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Morning Commodities: Natural gas extends initial morning losses on a decidedly bearish EIA; crude trades lower for the 3rd consecutive session on reports that Russia's oil production levels are unchanged from Jan<ul><li><strong>Natural gas extended initial morning losses after EIA reported a surprise build vs expectations for the smallest winter draw on record<br/> </strong><ul><li>April natural gas futures were down about $0.04 (-1.1%) around the $2.76/MMBtu level after the release of the data.</li><li>Ahead of the data, natural gas futures were down about $0.02 (-0.8%) around the $2.78/MMBtu level.</li><li>EIA highlights:<ul><li><strong>Natural gas inventory showed a build of +7 bcf vs expectations for inventory to be a draw of -4 bcf.</strong></li><li>Working gas in storage was 2,363 Bcf as of Friday, February 24, 2017, according to EIA estimates.</li><li>Stocks were 187 Bcf less than last year at this time and 295 Bcf above the five-year average of 2,068 Bcf.</li><li>At 2,363 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range.</li></ul></li></ul></li><li><strong>Crude oil traded lower for a 3rd session in a row on reports that Russia's oil production levels have not changed since Jan 2017</strong><ul><li>April crude oil futures were down about $0.91 (-1.7%) around the $52.94/barrel level.</li><li>Contributing factors affecting the price of oil:<ul><li>Cude oil futures for April delivery are under pressure this morning for the 3rd session in a row on reports that Russia's oil production levels have not changed since Jan 2017. This latest news comes on the heels of yesterday's EIA report, which showed a crude oil stock build of +1.5 mln barrels to 520.2 mln barrels, <strong>a record high for US crude oil stocks.</strong></li><li>Yesterday's build was largely driven by significant imports from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Canada, as well as strong domestic production which rose above 9 mln barrels for the second straight week.</li></ul></li><li><strong>Baker Hughes rig count data will be released tomorrow at 10:30 am ET.</strong><ul><li>Last week's data showed an increase of 5 oil rigs following the prior week's increase of 6 rigs, bringing the total oil rig count to 602 rigs, & marking a 6th consecutive week of oil rig increases.</li></ul></li></ul></li><li><strong>In precious metals, gold futures were on track to end pit trading lower for a 3rd day in a row on continued dollar index strength</strong><ul><li>April gold futures were down about $7.60 (-0.6%) around the $1242.40/oz level</li><li>May silver futures were down about $0.09 (-0.5%) around the $18.40/oz level</li></ul></li><li><strong>The dollar index extended yesterday's gains, was +0.2% around the 102.19 level<br/> </strong><ul><li>Commodities, as measured by the Bloomberg Commodity Index, were down about -1.0% around the 87.41 level</li></ul></li></ul>"