** Shares of natural gas companies rise, as natgas futures jumped about 9% to a one-year high
** U.S. natgas prices up 9% at $3.41 per mln British thermal units (mmBtu), putting the contract on track for its highest close since November, 2023
** Natgas prices rose on forecasts for colder weather, rising gas flows to U.S. liquefied natural gas export plants and soaring global gas prices
** LNG producers - CNX Resources up 1.5% and EQT Corporation rises 2.2%
** ETFs - United States Natural Gas Fund up 6.2% and ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas rises 12.5%
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))