By Myra P. Saefong
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Natural-gas futures turned lower on Thursday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a climb in last week's U.S. supplies that matched expectations. Natural-gas inventories climbed by 82 billion cubic feet for the week ended July 5. Analysts polled by Platts forecasted a climb between 80 billion cubic feet and 84 billion cubic feet. Total stocks now stand at 2.687 trillion cubic feet, down 443 billion cubic feet from the year-ago level and 22 billion cubic feet below the five-year average, the government said. August natural gas NGQ13 -0.84% was at $3.64 per million British thermal units, down 4 cents, or 1%. It was trading at $3.70 shortly before the data.
