Canola futures fall to six-week low in technical-selling decline

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(All figures in Canadian dollars unless noted) CHICAGO, March 8 (Reuters) - ICE Canada canola futures fell to their lowest point in six weeks on Wednesday on technical selling and spillover pressure from rival oilseed markets, traders said.
* Actively traded May canola ended down $4.80 at $808.10 per tonne after touching a session low of $806.00, the weakest since Jan. 27.
* New-crop November canola bottomed at $776.70 per tonne, the lowest since Jan. 25, and settled $1.90 lower at $779.80.
* Expectations that demand would improve following the recent price drop and a weakening Canadian dollar limited declines in canola futures, traders said. The Canadian currency on Wednesday fell to its lowest point since October against the U.S. dollar.
* Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures traded higher much of the day on Wednesday but ended mixed, with the actively traded May contract well below session highs.
* Euronext May rapeseed futures finished about 1% lower. (Reporting by Karl Plume in Chicago; editing by Diane Craft)

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