Investors remained hesitant to make big bets during Thursday trading on the Canadian markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 0.97%, while the TSX Gold Index plunged 5.3% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 0.59%, with the decliners edging out the advancers by a 396 to 384 margin on volume of 253 million shares traded.