Natural-gas futures prices fell 0.9% Friday as traders cashed in after Thursday’s near 5% jump to a 2-1/2-year high. Traders said market participants took to the sidelines ahead of a mixed weekend weather outlook. Forecasters at MDA Weather Services said a “potent winter storm” was expected to move through the Midwest to the Great Lakes region, while, unusually warm temperatures are expected in the east, including record high temperatures in the mid-Atlantic region. Natural gas for January delivery settled 4.2 cents lower, at $4.418 per million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gas futures gained 1.5% on the week, the seventh straight weekly rise. Friday’s estimated trading volume in the front-month contract was less than half that […]