Platts announces monthly natural gas trading hours definition during bidweek and later publication time for preliminary monthly prices

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, is defining trading hours for natural gas during the three-day bidweek period based on observed trading activity, and will publish the preliminary monthly prices one hour later.

The defined trading period will be from 6:00 am to 4:00 pm CT on each of the three bidweek days.

Platts will publish the preliminary monthly prices on each bidweek day approximately one hour later to include all trades up to 4:00 pm CT.

These changes will go into effect on Jan. 26, 2026, the first day of February bidweek.

This announcement follows the Oct. 9, 2025, proposal found here:

https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/pricing-benchmarks/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/100925-platts-proposes-monthly-natural-gas-trading-hours-during-bidweek-and-later-publication-time-for-preliminary-monthly-prices

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