ICE Canadian canola futures rose on Friday in thin volume, lifted by modest technical buying and talk of export sales. July canola gained $1.10 at $514.10 per tonne. Most-active November canola added $2.30 to $488.20 per tonne. July-November canola spread traded 4,358 times. Chicago July soybeans rose on a technical bounce. NYSE MATIF August rapeseed and Malaysian August palm oil gained ground.
The Canadian dollar was trading at $1.3220 to the US dollar, or 75.64 US cents at 2:01 pm CDT (1901 GMT). Alberta crop planting nearly complete. Growing conditions above average. Canada weekly canola crushings rose 8.7 percent.