The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped.
The loonie CAD= was trading 0.1% higher at C$1.386 to the greenback, or 72.15 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3841 to 1.3887.
Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR fell 5.8 basis points to 3.191%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt fell to 4.3246%.
U.S. June crude CLc1 futures rose 68 cents to $62.95 a barrel on Thursday.