Hopes for a partial resumption in Russian gas flows to Europe fade – ING

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European natural gas prices rallied yesterday, with the Title Transfer Facility (TTF) settling almost 6.4% higher, amid fading hopes for a partial resumption in Russian gas flows to Europe, ING’s commodity analysts Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey note.

Russia agrees to stop attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days

"Russia failed to agree to an unconditional ceasefire with Ukraine; it only agreed to stop attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days. Investment funds, which had been heavily selling TTF in recent weeks, reversed course over the last reporting week, buying 1TWh to leave them with a net long of 127.6TWh."

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