Thursday, November 16, 2006

The Energy Department said natural-gas inventories rose 5 billion cubic feet for the week ended Nov. 10, marking the first increase in three weeks. Global Insight expected a rise of 2 billion. Total stocks now stand at 3.45 trillion cubic feet, up 176 billion cubic feet from the year-ago level, and 238 billion cubic feet above the five-year average, the government data said.