In a reversal of fortunes, the commodity heavy Canadian Markets made back a good chunk of Wednesday’s sell-off during Thursday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange rallied 1.82%, while the TSX Gold Index climbed 2.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 2.27% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 495 to 359 margin on a robust 220 million shares traded.

It was a sea of red during Monday trading on the Canadian Markets with the oils and gold guys being the hardest hit. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 3.27%, while the TSX Gold Index dropped 4.2% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 3.36% with the declining issuers edging out the advancers by a 491 to 224 margin on volume of 108 million shares traded.