The selloff in commodity-related stocks continued with a vengeance during Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape; the TSX Exchange was down 1.94%, while the TSX Gold Index fell 3.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, plunged 3.32% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 593 to 248 margin on a modest 168 million shares traded.

Poor employment data out of both the United States and Canada failed to stymie investor sentiment as the Canadian markets rallied for a third straight day during Friday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange surged 1.66%, while the TSX Gold Index rallied 1.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 1.24% with the advancing issuers edging out the decliners by a 390 to 315 margin on 133 million shares traded.

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 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.