CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar strengthens, benchmark yield slips

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.