1536 ET - Natural gas futures are slowly approaching the $3 per million British thermal units threshold - falling by 3.1% to $3.011 per mmBtu in the first day of the November contract being the front-month contract. It's also the third day in a row that natural gas futures have finished lower. Mild weather continues to be the primary factor keeping pressure on natural gas futures, with cooler-than-normal temperatures expected in the eastern half of the country through the next two weeks.