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.

A one day delay in the release of the bank bailout plan for the United States had the bulls and the bears battling to a draw during Monday trading on the Canadian markets. For the taile of the tape, the TSX Exchange added a modest 0.44%, while the TSX Gold Index fell back 4.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, lost 0.91% with the declining issuers edging out the advancers by a 350 to 334 margin on 155 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.