Gold futures for February delivery slid $9.30, or 0.6 percent, to $1,655.20 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Prices dropped 0.8 percent yesterday, the most in more than a week. Silver futures for March delivery in New York slumped 0.2 percent to $31.90 an ounce, heading for the first weekly fall in four. Precious metal markets: NI PCMKTS. NATURAL GASNatural gas climbed for a fourth day in New York, the longest winning streak since November, on speculation a supply glut may ease as Chesapeake Energy Corp., the second-largest U.S. producer, cuts output. Natural gas for February delivery rose 12.7 cents, or 5 percent, to $2.681 per million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange after rising as much as 8.7 percent. Gas, which is down 40 percent from a year ago, fell to $2.231 on Jan. 23, the lowest intraday price since February 2002.
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