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Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge

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October Nymex natural gas (NGV26 ) on Monday closed down -0.076 (-2.61%). Nat-gas prices tumbled to a 1-week low on Monday and settled lower on negative carryover from a -7% plunge in European nat-gas prices to a 2-week low. Losses in nat-gas prices were contained on Monday by forecasts for...

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • OXY Occidental Petroleum

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • COP ConocoPhillips

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • VLO Valero

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • MPC Marathon Petroleum

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration

    A fund of oil and gas producers

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of energy companies

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    This fund moves with oil prices

  • OIH VanEck Oil Services

    Oilfield services rise when drilling follows oil prices

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

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October Nymex natural gas (NGV26 ) on Monday closed down -0.076 (-2.61%). Nat-gas prices tumbled to a 1-week low on Monday and settled lower on negative carryover from a -7% plunge in European nat-gas prices to a 2-week low. Losses in nat-…

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How far United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) has moved since 21 Sep 2026

Since the first closing price after “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge,” United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is -3.50%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.88% over the same days, a -2.62% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +9.77%, a -13.27% difference versus that group of stocks.

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Filings that name United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) around 21 Sep 2026

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United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) on one side of this energy story

Companies tied to this story

  • UNG United States Natural Gas Fund

    For “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge,” United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    For “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    For “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge,” Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AEIS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • AMPY Amplify Energy

    In “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge,” Amplify Energy (AMPY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AMPY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ATO Atmos Energy

    In “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge,” Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ATO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BE Bloom Energy

    Bloom Energy (BE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 21 Sep 2026 story “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge.” Reason on file: GA selected BE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BTE Baytex Energy

    In “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge,” Baytex Energy (BTE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BTE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • CLNE Clean Energy Fuels

    In “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge,” Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CLNE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge” reaches United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)

The 21 Sep 2026 story “Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge” names United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) because of Energy.

United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is on the page because Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows

A second company, Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE), is listed for a different reason: Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows

Dates in the story, and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) price range

AEIS traded between 235.20 and 309.05 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 240.77. UNG traded between 10.14 and 11.66 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 10.47. XLE traded between 60.95 and 68.51 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.80.

The energy score for United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)

46 out of 100

“Nat-Gas Prices Weaken as European Gas Prices Plunge” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.