A decent showing by the gold guys helped trim the losses on the big board but the junior bourse continued to face a barrage of selling during Tuesday trading on the Canadian markets.

It was more of the same during Tuesday trading on the Canadian Markets as the junior bourse continued to fall, while the big board remains more resilient.

The Chinese water torture for investors long resource related stocks continued during Monday trading on the Canadian Markets.

After getting beaten down the first four trading days of the week, investors finally elected to do some buying during Friday’s session on the Canadian markets.

It was more of the same during Monday trading on the resource-rich Canadian markets as the big board stocks continued to recover, while the junior bourse continued to sink. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 1.19%, while the TSX Gold Index added 1.3% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 0.48% with the declining issuers beating out the advancers by a 552 to 356 margin on volume of 156 million shares traded.

It was a rough day for high flying Goldsource (GXS) as the diamond explorer turned accidental coal finder released results of its first drill hole following the April discovery of coal in Saskatchewan. Having rocketed from around C$0.20 to over C$19…

The big board started the week off in fine form but the junior bourse continued to face a lack of buyers as the traditional summer slowdown hit full stride during Monday trading on the Canadian markets.