9:45a Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index rose to 53.5, the best reading since March 2001, from 51.8. https://tinyurl.com/y9ncvmeo 10:31a EIA reports weekly drop of 359 bln cubic feet in U.S. natural-gas supplies 10:31a Feb. natural gas at $3.044/mln Btus, up from $3.014 before supply data