* Canadian dollar slips to 97.26 U.S. cents * Bonds tick higher as riskier assets set aside By Ka Yan Ng TORONTO, March 9 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar lostground against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday morning as the priceof oil declined and riskier assets such as stocks took on aweaker tone. The commodity-linked currency tipped lower as the price ofcrude oil, an important Canadian export, fell below $81 abarrel. CLc1 [O/R] World stocks were also off six-week highs as investors grewcautious after a recent rally. [MKTS/GLOB] "We have seen commodity oil prices take a little bit of aslip overnight. We"ve also seen the European bourse underpressure as well. We"re seeing risk appetite take a break,"said Darren Richardson, corporate dealer, at CanadianForex, acommercial foreign exchange dealing firm. "But we"re still very much within the recent range we"vebeen in over the last four or five trading days." The currency had inched higher for the past seven sessionsto near seven-week highs on evidence that the domestic economyis recovering and on a slightly more hawkish tone from the Bankof Canada. It has traded in a C$1.0250-C$1.0350 range. At 9:35 a.m. (1435 GMT), the Canadian dollar was atC$1.0282 to the U.S. dollar, or 97.26 U.S. cents, down fromC$1.0276 to the U.S. dollar, or 97.31 U.S. cents, at Monday"sclose. Bonds headed higher as investors returned to safer assets.Market players were also eyeing a U.S. three-year note auction,and an anticipated surge in new corporate bond issuance. The two-year Canadian government bond CA2YT=RR was up 6Canadian cents to C$99.99 to yield 1.508 percent, while the10-year bond CA10YT=RR edged up 23 Canadian cents to C$102.08to yield 3.484 percent. (Reporting by Ka Yan Ng; editing by Peter Galloway)
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