
The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt climbed.
The loonie CAD= was trading 0% higher at C$1.3991 to the greenback, or 71.47 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3988 to 1.4004.
Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR rose 1.1 basis points to 3.081%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt rose to 3.9817%.
U.S. December crude CLc1 futures rose $3.1 to $61.6 a barrel on Thursday.
Canadian retail sales rose 1.0% in September from August. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected retail sales growth of 1.0%.Excluding autos, retail sales rose 0.7% in September, Statistics Canada said. Analysts had forecast September sales, excluding autos, to be up 1.3%.