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Per WSJ: Nearly 10% of U.S. gas production was knocked offline by the storm, according to analysts at DNB Carnegie, as extreme cold disrupted operations in key producing regions.

The disruption rippled into global markets. Natural-gas deliveries to U.S. liquefied-natural-gas export plants fell sharply over the weekend, raising concerns about supply abroad just as demand climbs across parts of Europe and Asia due to persistently cold temperatures.

European natural-gas prices extended last week’s rally, surging above 43 euros a megawatt-hour earlier as colder-than-usual weather and low inventories tightened the market. Storage levels across the European Union have fallen below 46% of capacity, well under the five-year average.

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Exchange operator CMEGroup said trading in futures tied to U.S. stock indexes, Treasurys, crude oil and other major markets had resumed, after being halted for more than 10 hours due to technical problems at a vital data center.

Specialists had scrambled to fix the issue, one of the worst snafus to hit the Chicago-based company in years, which it blamed on difficulties cooling servers at a facility in Illinois.

Exchange operator CMEGroup said trading in futures tied to U.S. stock indexes, Treasurys, crude oil and other major markets had resumed, after being halted for more than 10 hours due to technical problems at a vital data center.

Specialists had scrambled to fix the issue, one of the worst snafus to hit the Chicago-based company in years, which it blamed on difficulties cooling servers at a facility in Illinois.

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