Natural-gas prices hit their longest losing streak since November as anticipation of healthy supplies pushed prices down for the fifth straight session. Prices for the front-month June contract fell 7.6 cents, or 1.7%, to $4.358 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices are now down 9.2% since last Wednesday and at their lowest close since April 1. Traders have been selling steadily after inventory additions reported last Thursday beat the market’s expectations for a third straight week. The selling was forced by investors exiting long positions, or bets that prices would rise. A steadily declining prices forced sales to limit losses, analysts said. “People are taking a bath on those long positions, so speculators have to get out of them,” said Aaron Calder, senior market analyst at energy-consulting firm Gelber & Associates in Houston. “This is the optimal bearish condition […]