Europe Gas Follows Oil Lower as Energy Needs Seen Lagging Supply

A liquid natural gas storage and distribution facility at the port of Barcelona.Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg

European natural gas edged lower as prospects for energy demand fail to keep pace with the outlook for supply.

Benchmark futures fell as much as 2.1% on Monday before paring paring some of those losses. Oil — to which some gas contracts are linked — fell on concerns of a global glut after OPEC+ agreed to increase output, adding to supply at a time when demand is challenged by the trade war.