CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield slips

The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Friday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped.

The loonie CAD= was trading 0.5% lower at C$1.3701 to the greenback, or 72.99 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3622 to 1.3703.

Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR fell 6.2 basis points to 3.474%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt fell to 4.2473%.

U.S. April crude CLc1 futures fell $2.38 to $93.35 a barrel on Friday.

Canadian factory sales fell 3.0% in January from the previous month, Statistics Canada said. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected factory sales to drop 3.3%.