The Canadian Markets gained momentum during Thursday trading as investors bought equities ahead of the employment numbers for the United States set to come out on Friday. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange tacked on 1.10%, while the TSX Gold Index added 4.7% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gained 1.26% with the advancing issuers edging out the decliners by a 388 to 335 margin on volume of 134 million shares traded.