Natural-gas futures fell for a second straight session Friday, with traders still selling after a larger-than-expected increase in stockpiles of the fuel. Prices for the front-month May contract declined 5.8 cents, or 1.2%, to $4.647 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was the largest percentage decline since April 14. Trading on the June contract surpassed May on Friday, the expiration day for May options. May futures expire Monday. The June contract declined 6.5 cents, or 1.4%, to $4.658/mmBtu. Analyst Jim Ritterbusch called it “bearish spillover” from Thursday, when the U.S. Energy Information Administration released weekly storage data. The amount of gas going into stockpiles last week exceeded Wall Street’s expectations by 7 billion cubic feet, easing some of traders’ concern that supply shortages next winter would push up prices. Prices dropped steadily from an eight-week intraday high after the […]