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$1.3821 to the greenback, or 72.35 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.381 to 1.3844.

Canadian government 10-year bond yields rose 2 basis points to 3.472%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt rose to 4.3071%.

U.S. May crude futures rose 36 cents to $98.23 a barrel on Friday.