MARKET WATCH: Natural gas prices escalate on bullish inventory report

Crude contract prices inched up Apr. 28 in the New York market as the US dollar weakened, but the new front-month natural gas contract jumped 4% after the Energy Information Administration reported a smaller-than-expected increase in US gas storage.

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