(All figures in Canadian dollars unless noted)
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec 2 (Reuters) - ICE Canada canola
finished mixed on Wednesday in cautious trading ahead of a key
government crop report.
* Statistics Canada, due to give its final production report
on Friday, is expected to bump its canola harvest estimate to
15.6 million tonnes from 14.3 million.
* January canola RSF6 gained 10 cents at $471.40 per
tonne.
* Most-active March canola RSH6 eased 60 cents to $479.50
per tonne.
* January-March spread traded 8,220 times.
* Chicago January soybeans SF6 edged higher on
short-covering and export demand.
* Malaysian February palm oil 1FCPOG6 dipped and NYSE
Liffe Paris February rapeseed COMG6 rose.
* The Canadian dollar CAD= was trading at $1.3363, or
74.83 U.S. cents at 1:16 p.m. CST (1916 GMT), unchanged from the
Bank of Canada's official close.