WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 21 (Reuters) - ICE (NYSE:ICE) canola futures slipped on Monday in thin trading volume with U.S. markets closed for a holiday.
* Selling may have anticipated lower soyoil prices when U.S. markets resume trading on Tuesday, a trader said.
* March canola RSH9 shed $1.60 to $482.60 per tonne.
* The March contract hit resistance on Friday around $486, its 50-day moving average, and failed to pierce that level on Monday.
* March-May canola spread traded 1,156 times.
* February Paris Matif rapeseed futures /COMG9 edged higher.
* The Canadian dollar CAD= was trading at $1.3298 to the U.S. dollar, or 75.20 U.S. cents at 1:21 p.m. CST (1921 GMT).