Natural-gas prices edged higher Monday, arresting Friday’s steep slide in a move analysts attributed to traders closing out bearish positions and locking in profits from the recent selloff. Front-month September futures ended the day up 1.6 cents, or 0.4%, at $3.792 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The market touched a low of $3.727 in overnight trading but rebounded in the morning and stayed aloft the rest of the day. The market fell more than 3% on Friday as the fundamental picture for natural-gas supply and demand weakened. That picture didn’t improve on Monday, with fresh forecasts continuing to turn cooler for the northern U.S. and the eastern seaboard through the end of August, and continued projections for larger-than-average additions to gas stockpiles. But a combination of low prices and traders closing out bets that the market would fall likely stopped […]