CANADA FX DEBT – Canadian dollar strengthens, benchmark yield slips

March 13 (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback
on Monday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped.

The loonie was trading 0.7% higher at C$1.3728 to the greenback, or
72.84 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3678 to 1.3825.

Canadian government 10-year bond yields fell 22.9 basis points
to 2.769%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt fell to 3.5487%.
U.S. April crude futures fell $1.88 to settle at $74.8 a barrel on
Monday.