US natgas stocks climb on colder weather forecasts, heating demand

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

U.S. natgas futures NGc1 up 4.5% at $5.26 per million British thermal units

Natgas prices have gained over 68% so far this week, lifted by forecasts for extreme cold over the next two weeks that is expected to drive heating demand to near-record levels and freeze oil and gas wells, cutting output

CNX Resources CNX.N up 1.6%, EQT Corp EQT.N adds 2.9% and Williams Companies WMB.N gains 1.6%

Energy Transfer ET.N and Venture Global VG.N each up marginally

NextDecade NEXT.O jumps 5.1% and New Fortress Energy NFE.O up 2.1%

Natgas ETFs also rise, with United States Natural Gas Fund UNG.P up 2.6% and ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas BOIL.P up 5.8%