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CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar strengthens, benchmark yield slips

Reuters
A Canadian dollar coin, commonly known as the "Loonie", is pictured in this illustration picture taken in Toronto

The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped.

The loonie was trading 0.1% higher at C$1.3604 to the greenback, or 73.51 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.359 to 1.3639.

Canadian government 10-year bond yields fell 5.6 basis points to 3.42%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt fell to 4.2043%.

U.S. August crude futures rose 26 cents to $82.36 a barrel on Thursday.