Investors started the trading week off in a selling mood with more bad economic data pushing the Canadian Markets into the red during Monday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange gave back 0.81%, while the TSX Gold Index fell 2.6% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, lost 1.11% with the decliners issuers edging out the advancers by a 351 to 250 margin on 102 million shares traded.

The Canadian budget came out with the expected batch of economic stimulus and that helped sustain the mini-rally during Tuesday trading on the Canadian markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange tacked on 1.19%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 1.3% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.08% with the advancing issuers equaling the decliners at 340 apiece on 117 million shares traded.