Natural gas prices made small gains Monday as warming weather and falling supply helped the market bounce back from Friday’s three-week low. The front-month September contract gained 2.9 cents, or 1.1%, to $2.745 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The boost sent gas back to the middle of the 31 cent trading range it has settled in every session for nearly two months. Part of the gain comes from weather forecasts that are now retreating from predictions of widespread below-normal temperatures for this week. In the summer, hot weather can lead to stronger demand for gas-fired power to run air conditioners. A hot spring has already led power plants to consume their second-highest amount of natural gas ever for the month of May, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said late Friday. It reported that gas deliveries to power plants hit 23.7 […]