After posting stellar gains on Monday, the Canadian Markets took a well deserved breather during Tuesday’s session. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 0.19%, while the TSX Gold Index fell 0.3% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 0.31% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 437 to 397 margin on good volumes of 207 million shares traded.

The Canadian Markets started the trading week in a sour mood with the bears coming out of retirement to rain on the bulls’ parade during Monday’s session.

The gold stocks took one on the chin as some optimistic news coming out of the financial sector helped buoy the broader markets during Tuesday’s session on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange surged 4.14%, while the TSX Gold Index lost 7.3% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.54% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 378 to 307 margin on 109 million shares traded.

In a rapid turn of events, it was the gold guys’ turn to get wacked during Tuesday’s trading session on the Canadian Markets. For the tail of the tape; the TSX Exchange added 2.77%, while the TSX Gold Index plunged 9% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 2.88% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 536 to 265 margin on 154 million shares traded.

The bulls managed to beat down the bears during Friday trading on the Canadian Markets with the gold miners leading the charge higher. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange tacked on 1.67%, while the TSX Gold Index surged 7.3% higher and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 1.12% with the advancing issuers edging out the decliners by a 370 to 344 margin on 128 million shares traded.

Coming off the worst one day drop since 1987, the Canadian Markets managed to bounce off the mat during Friday’s session. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 5.58%, while the TSX Gold Index surged 27.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gained 1.72% with the declining issuers outpacing the advancers by a 419 to 397 margin on volume of 153 million shares traded.