The Canadian Markets took a bit of a breather during Tuesday trading as investors digest the growing deficit in the United States. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange gave back a modest 0.16%, while the TSX Gold Index surged 4.7% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 1.43% with the advancers swamping the decliners by a 462 to 374 margin on 181 million shares traded.

Profit taking was the name of the game during Thursday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange gave back 1.74%, while the TSX Gold Index lost 0.60% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, kept the drive alive by adding 0.50% with the advancers edging out the decliners by a 454 to 424 margin on 193 million shares traded.