It was another sea of red during Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets, with resource-related stocks hit hard thanks to more bad news on the global economic front. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 3.05%, while the TSX Gold Index dropped 2.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 2.23%, with the declining issuers edging out the advancers by a 461 to 268 margin on volume of 155 million shares traded.

The Canadian markets started the trading week off by going on their usual roller coaster ride with gains seen at the open gradually eroding into solid losses by the close of Monday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 0.63%, while the TSX Gold Index gained 3.7% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, lost 0.24% with the declining issuers beating out the advancers by a 458 to 399 margin on volume of 244 million shares traded.