Natural gas futures finished lower Wednesday, as traders paused following a sharp rally that had sent prices up nearly 10% over the previous three sessions. Analysts say many market participants likely booked profits from the run-up ahead of a government storage report likely to show a record storage withdrawal of 299 billion cubic feet last week. Natural gas for February delivery fell 4.4 cents, or 1%, to $4.325 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices had risen as much as 1.4% earlier in the day, before turning lower for good late in the afternoon. “I think natural gas got near last week’s […]