The schizophrenic nature of investors once again ruled the day during Friday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 0.92%, while the TSX Gold Index dropped 1.7% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 0.21%, with the decliners edging out the advancers by a 408 to 363 margin on 165 million shares traded.

The selling continued early in the trading session with investors worried about the survivability of the financials but a massive mid-day reversal propelled equities higher during Thursday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 2.20%, while the TSX Gold Index popped 5.1% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 0.62% with the declining issuers edging out the advancers by a 363 to 270 margin on a paltry 106 million shares traded.