Natgas companies rise on small storage build, higher gas flows to LNG export plants

** Shares of natural gas companies rise, tracking rise in natgas prices NGA/

** U.S. natgas futures NGc1 climb 1.7% to $2.79 per million British thermal units

** Natural gas prices are up due to a smaller-than-expected storage build, recent declines in daily output and increased gas flows to liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants

** Shares of natgas companies: CNX Resources CNX.N up marginally, Energy Transfer up 1.4%, Cheniere Energy LNG.N up 2.7% and EQT Corp EQT.N up 1.1%

** ETFs: United States Natural Gas Fund UNG.P up 2%, while ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas BOIL.P is up marginally