* Canadian dollar at C$1.3185, or 75.84 U.S. cents
* Loonie touches weakest since Feb. 7 at C$1.3210.
* Bond prices higher across the yield curve
By Fergal Smith
TORONTO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened to a two-week low against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, pressured by falling oil prices and broader gains for the greenback along with the biggest drop in domestic retail sales in nine months.
Canadian retail sales unexpectedly declined 0.5 percent in December as consumers bought fewer new cars and spent less during the holiday shopping season, data from Statistics Canada showed. Economists had expected retail sales to be unchanged. ECONCA
"It's generally soft data," said Andrew Kelvin, senior rates strategist at TD Securities.
It reinforces the view that the Bank of Canada will not be following the Federal Reserve with interest rate hikes, he added.
The chances of a Bank of Canada interest rate hike this year dipped to 25 percent from more than 30 percent before the retail sales report, data from the overnight index swaps market showed. BOCWATCH
U.S. crude CLc1 prices were down 1.27 percent at $53.64 a barrel as the U.S. dollar .DXY , in which payments for crude are made, strengthened.
Oil is one of Canada's major exports.
The greenback climbed against a basket of major currencies ahead of minutes of the Fed's latest meeting, while Europe's political woes kept a bruised euro under pressure.
At 9:28 a.m. ET (1428 GMT), the Canadian dollar CAD=D4 was trading at C$1.3185 to the greenback, or 75.84 U.S. cents, weaker than Tuesday's close of C$1.3138, or 76.12 U.S. cents.
The currency's strongest level of the session was C$1.3109, while it touched its weakest since Feb. 7 at C$1.3210.
Canadian government bond prices were higher across the yield curve in sympathy with U.S. Treasuries and German Bunds.
The two-year CA2YT=RR price rose 4 Canadian cents to yield 0.768 percent and the 10-year CA10YT=RR climbed 33 Canadian cents to yield 1.684 percent.
Canada's inflation report for January is due on Friday, with economists expecting the annual rate to edge up to 1.6 percent.