(All figures in Canadian dollars unless noted)
March 8 (Reuters) - ICE Canada May canola futures rose to a
1-1/2-week high on Tuesday on technical buying in thin,
featureless trade, traders said.
* Most-active May canola RSv1 settled up 60 cents at
$457.80 per tonne on volume of 7,413 contracts.
* July canola RSN6 ended down 10 cents at $462.30 a tonne
on volume of 2,504 contracts.
* Chicago Board of Trade May soybeans SK6 rose for a fifth
straight session on short-covering a day ahead of a monthly U.S.
Department of Agriculture supply/demand report. But CBOT soyoil
futures 0#BO: drifted lower.
* Malaysian May palm oil 1FCPOK6 fell 0.4 percent and NYSE
Liffe Paris May rapeseed COMK6 fell 0.6 percent.
* The Canadian dollar weakened on Tuesday but held near a
3-1/2-month high, making Canadian canola less attractive on the
world market.
* The currency CAD= was trading at $1.3403 to the
greenback, or 74.61 U.S. cents at 3:07 p.m. CST (2107 GMT),
weaker than Monday's close of $1.3276, or 75.32 U.S.
cents.