The British front-month gas price was up 0.10p at 81.67p per therm while the day-ahead contract rose by 0.95p to 80.95 p/therm.
Norwegian flows towards continental Europe are expected to rise by 640 gigawatt hours (GWh) per day week on week to 2,450 GWh/d as more installations return from maintenance, LSEG analysts said in a weekly note.
This was “badly needed” to avoid digging too deep into storage supplies this early in the season, they added.