After flopping to start the week, prompt month natural gas futures found a dose of support early Tuesday as traders took note of technical floors and bargain buyers cautiously stepped back into the market. ExpandAt a Glance:Resistance just atop $3.00 levelTechnical support near $2.60Total supply remains bearishThe August New York Mercantile Exchange gas futures contract settled up a half-cent to $2.865/MMBtu on Tuesday. [Forward Look: Quickly understand where the price of natural gas is headed with these graphic day-on-day comparisons of NGI's forward curves at 70 locations. Rau said key technical support for August lies near $2.60, which marked the bottom of August's 20-day Bollinger Band as of Tuesday. At the same time, NGI’s Entropic Analytics on Tuesday estimated seven-day average natural gas production at 110.5 Bcf/d, near seasonal highs around 111.5 Bcf/d.