The Canadian Markets continued to march higher with the Bank of Montreal posting better than expected earnings for the second quarter of 2009. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 2.15%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 0.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 0.07% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 440 to 398 margin on 171 million shares traded.

The gold stocks took one on the chin as some optimistic news coming out of the financial sector helped buoy the broader markets during Tuesday’s session on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange surged 4.14%, while the TSX Gold Index lost 7.3% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.54% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 378 to 307 margin on 109 million shares traded.

A new trading week is underway, but it was the same old selling that occurred during Monday’s session on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 0.32%, while the TSX Gold Index lost 2.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 1.80% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 432 to 294 margin on 105 million shares traded.

It was another upbeat session for the Canadian Markets during Tuesday trading with investors continuing to pick up resource related equities. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 2.01%, while the TSX Gold Index finally rallied adding 1.9% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 4.42% with the advancing issuers beating out the decliners by a 540 to 278 margin on volume of 197 million shares traded.