Natural gas futures prices jumped by their highest margin in more than three months on Tuesday, amid hope that booming U.S. gas production is slowing and as forecasts for cooling temperatures raised hopes for late-season gas-fired heating demand. Natural gas futures rose 7.6% to settle at $2.088 a million British thermal unit on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest in more than two months. The market has lost more than 10% this year, as a mild winter limited heating demand. But losses have been pared in recent weeks, as a cool start to spring has buoyed expectations for demand. Stored inventories of natural gas are nearly 50% higher than average for this time of year, amid robust production and weak winter demand. With the market now in the so-called shoulder season between winter and spring when producers usually begin adding to inventories, the late-season cool temperatures are raising […]