Natural-gas futures fell for a second straight session Thursday after a larger-than-expected increase in stockpiles of the fuel eased concerns about the risk of a shortage. Prices for the front-month June contract declined 9.6 cents, or 2%, to $4.719 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Natural gas had hit two-month highs earlier this week before it started its retreat Wednesday. Prices dropped because of the year’s largest increase in stockpiles, which Wall Street predicted on Wednesday and the government confirmed on Thursday. Producers added 82 billion cubic feet of gas to storage for the week ended Friday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said. That is 7 bcf more than what 20 traders, brokers and analysts forecast in a Wall Street Journal survey. “That’s a good sign. But we’re going to need more … ” said Tom Saal, a broker at […]