A little pin pricked the Canadian Market bubble during Wednesday trading with a stronger United States dollar putting pressure on commodity prices. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 2.82%, while the TSX Gold Index plunged 3.5% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, dropped 2.96% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 521 to 325 margin on a robust 218 million shares traded.

It was a roller coaster ride for investors on the Canadian Markets during Wednesday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange rallied 2.97%, while the TSX Gold Index popped another 2.1% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 0.6% with the declining issuers edging out the advancers by a 337 to 310 margin on 106 million shares traded.