The Canadian markets opened on a weak note but some late-stage buying helped to trim the losses during Monday’s session. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 0.19%, while the TSX Gold Index managed to gain 0.9% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, dropped 0.54% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 464 to 351 margin on a respectable 181 million shares traded.

The bulls went on another rampage during Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets as investors gobbled up resource stocks. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 2.66%, while the TSX Gold Index surged 4.5% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 1.70% with the advancers swamping the decliners by a 500 to 391 margin on good volumes of 213 million shares traded.