By EconMatters After infecting the stock market last May and hit the precious metals market, silver in particular, primarily due to raised margin requirement, flash crash has now taken a bite of the natural gas market as well. FT.com reported that the Nymex (New York Mercantile Exchange) floor had been closed for more than five hours on the evening of Wednesday, June 9 when July natural gas dropped 8.1%, to $4.510 per mmbtu (See Chart). The fall also triggered a 20-second trading pause for the August Henry Hub futures contract. Natural gas is one of the very few commodities that…
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