Natural-gas costs swung greater on each side of the Atlantic on Wednesday after Russia stopped exports to Poland and Bulgaria, a transfer that traders feared might portend deeper international provide strains forward.
Prices climbed as merchants in Europe contemplated whether or not Russia’s motion in opposition to two of its neighbors in Eastern Europe foreshadows hassle in greater markets similar to Germany’s. In the U.S., buying and selling was pushed by the prospect that producers might proceed to ship overseas as a lot pure gasoline as infrastructure permits in response to tighter provide overseas.