The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Friday, and the yield on benchmark government debt climbed. 

The loonie was trading 0.1% higher at C$1.3564 to the greenback, or 73.72 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3551 to 1.3588.

Canadian government 10-year bond yields rose 1.1 basis points to 3.554%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt were flat at 4.3898%.

U.S. June crude futures fell $1.22 to $103.85 a barrel on Friday.