Gold took it on the chin for a second consecutive day with the financials showing signs of strength during Wednesday’s session on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape; the TSX Exchange added 0.93%, while the TSX Gold Index lost 0.3% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, rallied 0.16% with the advancers edging out the decliners by a 374 to 349 margin on 133 million shares traded.