(All figures in Canadian dollars unless noted)
April 24 (Reuters) - ICE Canada canola futures settled mostly lower on Tuesday after a choppy trading session as traders anticipated a government report due later this week would show a surge in plantings of the oilseed this year.
* Traders rolled short positions from the nearby May RSK8 contract to the July RSN8 , which lifted May futures and weighed down July.
* May canola RSK8 settled up 30 cents at $539.50 per tonne, July RSN8 was flat at $536.00 and new-crop November RSX8 fell $2.00 to $519.30 a tonne.
* Statistics Canada is expected to release its report on principal field crop area at 7:30 a.m. CDT (1230 GMT) on Friday. Canola plantings are expected to jump to 23.663 million acres, from 22.997 million in 2017, according to an average of 14 analysts polled by Reuters. Chicago Board of Trade soybean 0#S: futures ended mixed on Tuesday. CBOT May soybeans SK8 bounced from a 2-1/2 week low and ended up 1-1/2 cents at $10.22-1/4 a bushel. GRA/
* The Canadian dollar CAD= edged higher against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday after hitting a three-week low, as oil prices held near three-year highs and the greenback consolidated its recent gains. NYSE MATIF May rapeseed COMK8 and Malaysian June crude palm oil 1FCPOM8 declined.