Natural-gas futures up 18% on week; oil slips

MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Natural-gas futures closed higher on Friday to gain about 18% for the week, as cold U.S. weather continued to feed worries about supplies. Oil prices slipped after disappointing monthly existing home sales data, but still rose for the week. March natural gas added 7 cents, or 1.2%, to settle at $6.135 per million British thermal units. April crude fell 55 cents, or 0.5%, to $102.20 a barrel. Tracking the most-active contracts, oil prices added 1.9% for the week, according to FactSet data.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.