* Canadian dollar at C$1.3055, or 76.60 U.S. cents
* Loonie touches its weakest since Aug. 11 at C$1.3065
* Canadian bond prices mixed
TORONTO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened on Tuesday to a nearly three-week low against its U.S. counterpart, whose gains offset higher oil prices.
The U.S. dollar .DXY rose against a basket of currencies as investors waited to see if Friday's U.S. jobs report would support expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon.
Oil rose, supported by production suspensions in the U.S. Gulf due to an expected tropical storm and speculation that producers meeting in Algeria next month will act to prop up prices. U.S. crude CLc1 was up 0.66 percent at $47.29 a barrel. O/R
Losses for the loonie came as Canada's current account deficit widened to a near-record C$19.86 billion ($15.28 billion) in the second quarter, data from Statistics Canada showed. 9:44 a.m. EDT (1344 GMT), the Canadian dollar CAD=D4 was trading at C$1.3055 to the greenback, or 76.60 U.S. cents, weaker than Monday's close of C$1.3023, or 76.79 U.S. cents.
The currency's strongest level of the session was C$1.3009, while it touched its weakest since Aug. 11 at C$1.3065.
Investor demand for gold and silver in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union in late June helped push Canadian producer prices up by 0.2 percent in July, Statistics Canada said. government bond prices were mixed. The two-year CA2YT=RR was flat to yield 0.589 percent, and the benchmark 10-year CA10YT=RR dipped 3 Canadian cents to yield 1.03 percent.
Canada's gross domestic product data for the second quarter is due for release on Wednesday. Economists expect a contraction at a 1.5 percent annualized pace as growth was shaken by wildfires in northern Alberta that disrupted oil production. ECONCA
GDP figures for June that are also set for release on Wednesday are expected to show growth picked up by 0.4 percent, which should bolster expectations that the economy will rebound in the third quarter.