WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Feb 15 (Reuters) - ICE (NYSE:ICE) canola futures slipped on Friday for a third straight session, pressured by technical selling and spread trades against soybeans.
* Buying has dried up in recent sessions, a trader said.
* Canola's seasonal tendency is to trade sideways in February and rally in March, said Harold Davis of Prairie Crop Charts in a commentary this week.
* March canola RSH9 gave up $2.90 to $475.80 per tonne.
* May canola RSK9 lost $2.40 to $484.80 per tonne.
* March-May canola spread traded 7,835 times.
* Chicago March soybeans SH9 finished higher on optimism about U.S.-China trade talks. Paris Matif May rapeseed futures /COMK9 eased and Malaysian April palm oil futures /1FCPOJ9 dipped.
* The Canadian dollar CAD= was trading at $1.3261 to the U.S. dollar, or 75.41 U.S. cents at 12:35 p.m. CST (1835 GMT).
* ICE canola will be closed for daytime trading on Monday for a Canadian holiday, resuming trade on Monday evening.