The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Friday,
and the yield on benchmark government debt climbed.
The loonie was trading 0.1% lower at C$1.3723 to the
greenback, or 72.87 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of
1.3702 to 1.3725.
Canadian government 10-year bond yields rose 2.4
basis points to 3.405%. The yield on similar U.S. government
benchmark debt rose to 4.2409%.
U.S. August crude futures fell 9 cents to $82.73 a barrel
on Friday.
Canadian retail sales fell 0.8% in June from May. Analysts
polled by Reuters had expected retail sales to drop
0.6%.Excluding autos, retail sales fell 1.3% in June, Statistics
Canada said.  Analysts had forecast June sales, excluding autos,
to be down 0.5%.





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