The Canadian markets ended a terrible trading week by posting mixed results during Friday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 0.74%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 0.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 1.94% with the declining issuers outpacing the advancers by a 455 to 296 margin on volume of 144 million shares traded.

Investors went shopping for more well-known names on the big board, while the more speculative equities flatlined during Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets.