WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 3 (Reuters) - ICE (NYSE:ICE) canola futures eased on Friday for a sixth straight session, pressured by soy weakness and lack of buyers.
* Canola set fresh contract lows, as funds continued to short the market in light technical selling.
* Canadian canola's top export market, China, is balking at buying canola seed over a diplomatic dispute with Canada.
* July canola RSN9 shed 40 cents to $432.60 per tonne.
* July-November canola spread traded 2,516 times.
* Chicago July soybeans SN9 fell to new lows on uncertain China demand and big supplies. Paris Matif August rapeseed futures /COMQ9 slipped and Malaysian July palm oil futures /1FCPON9 dropped.
* The Canadian dollar CAD= strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Friday, recovering from an earlier one-week low as the U.S. jobs report pointed to solid economic growth CAD/ .