November Nymex natural gas (NGX24) on Friday closed up by +0.149 (+5.41%). Nov nat-gas prices Friday surged to a 3-1/4 month high and settled sharply higher. Nat-gas prices rose on carryover support from Thursday when weekly EIA nat-gas inventories rose less than expected. Also, commodity fund buying supported nat-gas prices, with Friday being the first day that the November nat-gas contract became the front month, prompting traders and hedgers to roll their expired October nat-gas positions into the November contract. Lower-48 state dry gas production Friday was 100.2 bcf/day (-0.6% y/y), acc…