Prompt prices firm as temperatures set to drop

LONDON (Reuters) - Prompt British gas prices were firm on Thursday as cooler temperatures over the coming days were expected to push up demand for gas for heating in the short term. Gas for day-ahead delivery was up 0.15 pence at 32.70 pence per therm (p/therm) by 0854 GMT, while prices further along the curve eased. "There is no cold snap in the horizon except for the few days right after New Year," Thomson Reuters Point Carbon analysts said. ...