The bulls made a valiant effort to fight off the surging bears during Wednesday trading on the Canadian markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 1.64%, while the TSX Gold was essentially unchanged and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 0.19% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 350 to 327 margin on volume of 119 million shares traded.

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.

It was a quiet summer trading day for the Canadian markets during Friday’s session as falling commodity prices and Canada’s biggest monthly job loss in 17 years prompted some selling.