* Canadian dollar rises 0.2% against the greenback
* Price of U.S. oil increases 0.4%
* Canadian bond prices gain across the yield curve
TORONTO, June 24 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Monday, adding to last week's gains ahead of a meeting this week between the Chinese and U.S. presidents, as oil prices climbed and the greenback broadly weakened.
The U.S. dollar .DXY fell against its rivals after sustaining its biggest weekly drop in four months last week as the Federal Reserve opened the doors for a rate cut as early as next month. price of oil, one of Canada's major exports, extended large gains last week that were prompted by tensions between Iran and the United States, as Washington was set to announce new sanctions on Tehran. U.S. crude oil futures CLc1 were up 0.4% at $57.63 a barrel. 9:24 a.m. (1324 GMT), the Canadian dollar CAD=D4 was trading 0.2% higher at 1.3199 to the greenback, or 75.76 U.S. cents. The currency, which rose 1.4% last week, traded in a range of 1.3178 to 1.3220.
Gains for the loonie came as global stocks .WORLD were buoyed by hopes that a meeting later this week between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Japan would de-escalate a trade war that is damaging the global economy. runs a current account deficit, so its economy could benefit from an improved flow of global trade or capital.
Meanwhile, data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Reuters calculations showed on Friday that speculators have raised their bearish bets on the Canadian dollar for the first time in five weeks. As of June 18, net short positions had increased to 38,071 contracts from 32,840 in the prior week. government bond prices were higher across the yield curve in sympathy with U.S. Treasuries. The two-year CA2YT=RR rose 5.5 Canadian cents to yield 1.403% and the 10-year CA10YT=RR was up 34 Canadian cents to yield 1.448%.
Canada's wholesale trade report for April is due on Tuesday and April gross domestic product data is due on Friday.