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

The loonie CAD= was trading 0.2% lower at C$1.3539 to the greenback, or 73.86 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3495 to 1.3541.

Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR rose 3.8 basis points to 3.731%. The yield on similar U.S. government benchmark debt rose to 4.3304%.

U.S. October crude CLc1 futures rose 10 cents to $90.26 a barrel on Friday.

Canadian factory sales rose 1.6% in July from July, Statistics Canada said. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected factory sales growth of 0.7%.