It was a rather uneventful session during Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets with the fluctuating price of commodities effecting individual sectors. For the tale of the tape; the TSX Exchange gave back 0.64%, while the TSX Gold Index fell 0.79% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.79% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 395 to 354 margin on 152 million shares traded.

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.

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.

The big board equities lost ground for a second straight day as higher than expected yields in a United States Treasury auction of five-year notes had investors running for the exits during Wednesday trading on the Canadian markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange lost 0.59%, while the TSX Gold Index rallied 3.1% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, surged 2.86% with the advancers swamping the decliners by a 428 to 327 margin on volume of 182 million shares traded.

The United States dollar continued to fall and that helped commodity stocks during Thursday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape; the TSX Exchange gained 0.71%, while the TSX Gold Index added 3.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, surged 4.37% with the advancers swamping the decliners by a 467 to 289 margin on volume of 152 million shares traded.

A 0.75% cut in interest rates by the Bank of Canada failed to spark a rally on the Canadian markets during Tuesday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange lost 1.98%, while the TSX Gold Index bucked the trend by adding 1.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 1.72% with the declining issuers swamping the advancers by a 511 to 314 margin on volume of 154 million shares traded.