By Moming Zhou
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. natural gas inventories rose 69 billion cubic feet in the week ended Oct. 2 to hit a new record high, the Energy Information Administration reported Thursday. Analysts polled by Platts expected an addition of between 59 Bcf and 63 Bcf. After the data, November natural gas futures rose 2.1% to $5.011 per million British thermal units.
