US natgas companies rise on cold weather forecasts, record LNG exports

Shares of U.S. natural gas companies up, tracking rise in natgas futures NGA/

U.S. natural gas futures NGc1 up 2.2% at $4.46 per million British thermal units

Natural gas prices rise, supported by forecasts of colder weather and record gas flows to LNG export plants, while traders await a federal weekly storage report due later in the day

"Forecasts are turning back colder a little bit and with this wicked winter weather, people are starting to buy" - Phil Flynn, senior analyst for Price Futures Group

Natgas companies: Venture Global VG.N up 1.7%; Cheniere Energy LNG.N gains 1.1%; Expand Energy EXE.O climbs ~1%

Natgas ETFs: United States Natural Gas Fund UNG.P up 1.9%, while ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas BOIL.P climbs 3.65%