Natural-gas prices bounced slightly higher Friday, after a sharp selloff the day before, as traders tried to assess upcoming demand for the fuel. Natural gas for October delivery wavered between gains and losses before settling up 3.4 cents, or 0.9%, at $3.857 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices posted a 1.7% gain for the week. “It was so slow today,” said Frank Clements, co-owner of Meridian Energy Brokers Inc. “The market is about priced where we should be.” On Thursday, prices slumped 3.3% after a weekly government storage report showed that supplies grew by 92 billion cubic feet last week, well above the 82 bcf that analysts and traders had expected. After a frigid winter depleted natural-gas supplies, inventories are now just 14% below the five-year average level for the week. Production has been much stronger than anticipated this […]