Commodity related stocks bounced off their recent lows and that helped the Canadian markets post gains during Thursday’s session. For the tale of the tape: the TSX Exchange rallied 1.25%, while the TSX Gold Index bounced up 0.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.85% with the advancers edging out the decliners by a 386 to 325 margin on a pathetic 108 million shares traded.

Profit-taking was the name of the game during Monday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape; the TSX Exchange fell 2.35%, while the TSX Gold Index lost another 1.9% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, dropped 1.89% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 585 to 300 margin on a robust 204 million shares traded.

It was a day of profit taking during Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape; the TSX Exchange lost 1.40%, while the TSX Gold Index dropped 1.80% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 0.38% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 417 to 404 margin on 182 million shares traded.

After a late week rally profit taking once again ruled the roost during Monday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange gave back 1.26%, while the TSX Gold Index lost 0.3% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 0.62% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 477 to 369 margin on 157 million shares traded.

The gold guys held up better than most during Tuesday’s session on the Canadian markets, as investors did not get that warm and fuzzy feeling that the proposed bank bailout in the United States will succeed. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange plunged 2.54%, while the TSX Gold Index tacked on 0.9% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.10% with the declining issuers edging out the advancers by a 396 to 318 margin on 129 million shares traded.