CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield slips

By Reuters News

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

The loonie was trading 0.2% lower at C$1.4245 to the greenback, or 70.2 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.4198 to 1.4299.

Canadian government 10-year bond yields fell 1.2 basis points to 3.857%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt fell to 5.1896%.

U.S. November crude futures rose 95 cents to settle at $95.09 a barrel on Wednesday.

The value of building permits in Canada rose 8.8% in August, Statistics Canada said.

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