WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 10 (Reuters) - ICE (NYSE:ICE) canola futures fell on Thursday, pressured by sagging soybean prices due to an absence of fresh Chinese purchases.
* Technical selling added to canola's declines, a trader said. The March contract is trading below its 50-, 100- and 200-day moving averages.
* Most-active March canola RSH9 lost $4.40 to $480.50 per tonne.
* ICE reported no deliveries of January canola ahead of the contract expiring on Monday.
* March-May canola spread traded 1,178 times.
* Chicago March soybeans SH9 fell on a lack of new Chinese demand and Brazil's crop forecast. February Paris Matif rapeseed futures /COMG9 edged higher and Malaysian March palm oil futures /1FCPOH9 slipped.
* The Canadian dollar CAD= was trading at $1.3241 to the U.S. dollar, or 75.52 U.S. cents at 12:55 p.m. CST (1855 GMT).
* Pacific trade deal spurs Canadian farm sales to Japan.