Natural gas prices soar with massive winter storm, arctic blast set to impact almost half the country

Extreme cold and winter weather are expected to impact much of the eastern US in the coming days, sending natural gas futures (NG=F) surging by more than 75% over the past five days to mark the largest five-day jump since at least 1990. Shares of major US natural gas producers EQT Corporation (EQT) and Antero Resources Corporation (AR) picked up 6% and 4%, respectively, on Wednesday and added to these gains in premarket trading on Thursday. The massive storm is expected to affect more than 150 million p ...