The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt climbed.
The loonie CAD= was trading 0.3% higher at C$1.3794 to the greenback, or 72.5 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3797 to 1.3861.
Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR rose 1.2 basis points to 3.258%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt fell to 4.4655%.
U.S. July crude CLc1 futures fell 10 cents to $61.74 a barrel on Thursday.