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

The loonie was trading 0.2% lower at C$1.3814 to the greenback, or 72.39 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3793 to 1.3827.

Canadian government 10-year bond yields fell 4.5 basis points to 3.349%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt fell to 4.1916%.

U.S. October crude futures fell 73 cents to $63.24 a barrel on Thursday.