The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped.
The loonie CAD= was trading 0.1% lower at C$1.3872 to the greenback, or 72.09 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3856 to 1.3906.
Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR fell 0.1 basis points to 3.078%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt rose to 4.2861%.
U.S. May crude CLc1 futures rose 97 cents to $63.44 a barrel on Thursday.