Traders noted gas prices were also following oil futures lower. US crude fell more than $2 a barrel on renewed global demand concerns as coronavirus cases in Asia rise, among other things.
Front-month gas futures fell 4.2 cents, or 1.4%, to $2.970 per million British thermal units.
He said owing to the efforts of present government, which inherited a bankrupt country with an almost empty kitty, it was now moving in the positive direction.
The amount of gas flowing to U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants, meanwhile, averaged 11.4 bcfd so far in April, which would top March's monthly record of 10.8 bcfd.
Front-month gas futures fell 7 cents, or 2.7%, to $2.569 per million British thermal units.
After utilities started injecting gas into storage in late March, which was earlier than usual, speculators cut their net long positions on the New York Mercantile (NYMEX) and Intercontinental Exchanges for a sixth time in a row last week to their lowest since July 2020.
