The Canadian Markets continued to surge like a runaway train during Monday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 2.21%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 2.6% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, rallied 1.46% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 468 to 443 margin on a robust 259 million shares traded.

The Canadian Markets started the trading week in a sour mood with the bears coming out of retirement to rain on the bulls’ parade during Monday’s session.

It was green arrows across the board during Wednesday’s session on the Canadian Markets as optimism that the financial system will survive ruled the day. For the tale, of the tape, the TSX Exchange surged 1.66%, while the TSX Gold Index added 6% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gained 0.65% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 360 to 323 margin on 109 million shares traded.