CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield slips

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$1.3876 to the greenback, or 72.07 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3847 to 1.3885.

Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR rose 0.2 basis points to 3.388%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt fell to 4.5906%.

U.S. July crude CLc1 futures fell $1 to $60.57 a barrel on Thursday.