LNG

CME Group Inc., the global derivatives company for energy and other commodities to hedge physical LNG, natural gas, oil or gasoline trading reported a surge in first-half income but failed to repeat the record numbers for March and April 2020.

Natural gas prices and LNG cargo value indicators have been slow to gather pace in July with front-month futures and the Japan-Korea Marker price for Asian spot cargoes remaining lacklustre in contrast to more buoyant New York Mercantile Exchange US natural gas futures.