The selling pressure intensified during early Thursday trading on the Canadian markets but some late day buying pushed the big board into the black, while the junior board remained mired in the red.

Despite more profit taking on the big board, the junior bourse made it five winning sessions in a row during Monday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange lost 0.42%, while the TSX Gold Index fell 1.9% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 2.22% with the advancing issuers swamping the decliners by a 429 to 351 margin on volume of 150 million shares traded.

Le,The junior board made it four winning days in a row but the big board equities got a little spooked during Halloween Friday trading on the Canadian markets.

The Canadian Markets managed to pull off a strong rally during Friday trading, with a new gold company sparking interest.

A poor jobs report out of the United States sparked a buying binge in hard assets and that helped the gold miners to move higher during Friday trading on the Canadian Markets.

The Summer doldrums appear to have taken hold of the Canadian Markets, as during Wednesday trading only select plays attracted the interest of investors.

It was selloff across the board for the Canadian Markets during Tuesday trading as investors grew skittish on the future of commodity prices.

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.

It was a day of profit taking Tuesday trading on the Canadian Markets.

The reversal of fortunes continued as the junior board issues outperformed the big bourse during Thursday trading on the Canadian Markets.