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In its final run as the prompt month, the September natural gas futures contract opened lower, with steady production and approaching fall weather trumping expectations for a favorable government inventory print.

Stubbornly high levels of storage supplies and forecasts for waning weather demand weighed on natural gas futures through midday trading on Friday.

Natural gas futures nosedived Thursday after the market received bearish government inventory data and looming autumn weather presented the likelihood of fading cooling demand. Spot prices fell in tandem.