Natural-gas futures finished higher Monday as traders bet that a powerful winter storm, moving toward the Eastern U.S., along with a period of below normal temperatures, would boost demand for the heating fuel. Natural gas for December delivery settled 2.1 cents, or 0.6%, higher at $3.789 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices have risen 23.3 cents, or 6.6%, over the past four trading sessions. The gains Monday follow a nearly 3% climb last week as weather forecasts shifted toward a prolonged cold spell. Such an outlook is bullish for natural gas because nearly half of all U.S. households use the fuel as their primary heating source, according to the Energy Information Administration. “We finally got […]