WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Feb 4 (Reuters) - ICE (NYSE:ICE) canola futures rose for a second straight day on Monday, as new U.S. soybean sales to China nudged oilseed prices higher.
* March canola RSH9 gained $1.50 to $483.90 per tonne.
* The March contract traded below a key resistance level at the 50-day moving average around $486.
* March-May canola spread traded 3,640 times.
* Chicago March soybeans SH9 climbed on recent Chinese purchases and thoughts of a smaller Brazil harvest. Paris Matif May rapeseed futures /COMK9 dipped.
* The Canadian dollar CAD= was trading at $1.3136 to the U.S. dollar, or 76.13 U.S. cents at 12:50 p.m. CST (1850 GMT).
* Statistics Canada will on Tuesday report on Canadian crop stockpiles as of Dec. 31, 2018. Trade expects canola stocks of 14.7 million tonnes, up from 13.9 million a year earlier.