The selloff in commodity-related stocks continued with a vengeance during Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape; the TSX Exchange was down 1.94%, while the TSX Gold Index fell 3.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, plunged 3.32% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 593 to 248 margin on a modest 168 million shares traded.

It was yet another quiet summer time Friday trading session on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange tacked on 1.64%, while the TSX Gold Index rebounded 3.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.4% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 420 to 344 margin on a lower than normal 155 million shares traded.

The resource rich Canadian markets took a breather during mid-week trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added a modest 0.48%, while the TSX Gold Index lost another 0.5% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 0.14% with the decliners edging out the advancers by a 433 to 425 margin on a robust 225 million shares traded.

The bulls went on another rampage during Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets as investors gobbled up resource stocks. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 2.66%, while the TSX Gold Index surged 4.5% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 1.70% with the advancers swamping the decliners by a 500 to 391 margin on good volumes of 213 million shares traded.

The much anticipated presidential rally failed to materialize as profit taking was the story of the day during Wednesday trading on the Canadian markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange gave back 2.27%, while the TSX Gold Index fell back 1.5% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, lost 2.44% with the declining issuers outpacing the advancers by a 484 to 322 margin on volume of 130 million shares traded.