* Canadian dollar at C$1.3515, or 73.99 U.S. cents
* Bond prices lower across a steeper yield curve
TORONTO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as the greenback made broader gains against a basket of major currencies and oil fell.
Oil declined on investors' doubts that OPEC would agree a large enough production cut to significantly reduce the global crude surplus when it meets next week. O/R
U.S. crude CLc1 prices were down 0.85 percent at $47.62 a barrel. Oil is one of Canada's major exports.
The U.S. dollar and bond yields climbed as data showed that new orders for U.S. manufactured capital goods rebounded in October. 9:25 a.m. EDT (1425 GMT), the Canadian dollar CAD=D4 was trading at C$1.3515 to the greenback, or 73.99 U.S. cents, weaker than Tuesday's close of C$1.3453, or 74.33 U.S. cents.
The currency's strongest level of the session was C$1.3425, while its weakest was C$1.3517.
On Thursday, Canada unveiled plans to buy 18 Boeing (NYSE:BA) Corp BA.N Super Hornets as a stop-gap measure while it prepared an open five-year competition to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets.
Canadian government bond prices were lower across a steeper yield curve in sympathy with U.S. Treasuries, with the two-year CA2YT=RR down 3.5 Canadian cents to yield 0.675 percent and the benchmark 10-year CA10YT=RR falling 60 Canadian cents to yield 1.608 percent, its highest since December.
Bond yields have been rising since the U.S. election as investors bet that President-elect Donald Trump will pursue policies that boost inflation.