
The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt climbed.
The loonie CAD= was trading 0.2% lower at C$1.391 to the greenback, or 71.89 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3878 to 1.3913.
Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR rose 0.2 basis points to 3.37%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt rose to 4.1556%.
U.S. February crude CLc1 futures fell $2.62 to $59.4 a barrel on Thursday.
Canadian factory sales fell 1.2% in November from the previous month, Statistics Canada said. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected factory sales to drop 1.1%.