The junior bourse continued to gain traction, while the bigger board took a breather during Friday trading on the Canadian markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange gave back 0.22%, while the TSX Gold Index tacked on 0.5% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, rallied 1.71% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 528 to 358 margin on a robust 226 million shares traded.