Despite another increase in the unemployment numbers in the United States, the Canadian Markets continued to rally during Thursday’s session. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange climbed 1.40%, while the TSX Gold Index tacked on 2.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.90% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 402 to 312 margin on volume of 147 million shares traded.