Prices jump for next week on colder weather forecast

(Reuters) - British gas prices for working days next week jumped more than eight percent on Tuesday as forecasters predicted colder temperatures that should rekindle demand for the heating fuel. By contrast spot gas contracts had not yet shown signs of having traded, although conditions looked bearish, with the country struggling to cope with an oversupply of gas supplies. Gas for working days next week rose 2.55 pence per therm, or 8.31 percent, to 33.25 p/therm by 0811 GMT, driven by colder we