(All figures in Canadian dollars unless noted)
Oct 23 (Reuters) - ICE (NYSE:ICE) canola futures climbed to life-of-contract highs on Friday, lifted by a mix of fund-driven buying, commercial short-covering and a lack of farmer sales, traders said.
* Spillover strength from allied U.S. soy markets on technical buying and worries about South American crop prospects added to bullish sentiment.
* Most-active January canola RSF1 settled up $4.10 at $551.00 per tonne, after posting a contract high at $552.30.
* Front-month November RSX0 ended up $4.40 at $550.00 after reaching a contract high at $550.90.
* The November-January canola spread traded more than 3,700 times as investors rolled positions forward ahead of the November contract's expiry next month.
* On the Chicago Board of Trade, the benchmark November soybean futures contract SX0 peaked at US$10.88-1/2 a bushel, the highest for the most-active contract Sv1 on a continuous basis since July 2016, buoyed by demand from exporters and domestic processors. SOY/C
* Euronext February rapeseed futures COMG1 settled flat while Malaysian January palm oil futures FCPOF1 rose.