The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Thursday that domestic supplies of natural gas rose by 92 billion cubic feet for the week ended April 12. Analysts polled by S&P Global Platts had expected an increase of 90 billion cubic feet for the latest week. Total stocks now stand at 1.247 trillion cubic feet, down 57 billion cubic feet from a year ago and 414 billion below the five-year average, the government said. May natural gas NGK19, -0.44% traded at $2.502 per million British thermal units, down 1.5 cents, or 0.6%, from Wednesday's settlement. (full story)