It was gold’s turn to shine during Thursday trading on the Canadian markets with investors running for cover in a sea of weak economic data. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 1.61%, while the TSX Gold Index surged 6.2% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 1.22% with the advancing issuers beating out the decliners by a 396 to 318 margin on 120 million shares traded.

It was another sea of red during Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets, with resource-related stocks hit hard thanks to more bad news on the global economic front. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 3.05%, while the TSX Gold Index dropped 2.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 2.23%, with the declining issuers edging out the advancers by a 461 to 268 margin on volume of 155 million shares traded.