Sentences with phrase «crude oil futures dropped»

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar traded below 69 cents US early Friday for the first time since 2003 as crude oil futures dropped below US$ 30 a barrel and overseas stock markets fell sharply.

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Oil prices dropped more than 3 % but later recovered somewhat, with Brent crude futures 0.6 % lower at $ 125.2 while US crude was down 0.4 % at $ 113.46 a barrel.

A drop in crude oil futures also helped push treasury yields to lower at the close of the week.