Le,The junior board made it four winning days in a row but the big board equities got a little spooked during Halloween Friday trading on the Canadian markets.

The Canadian markets started the trading week off mixed with a falling United States currency helping the gold miners, while the financials and metal miners gave back ground. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 2.13%, while the TSX Gold Index surged 7.1% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, rallied 1.73% with the advancing issuers inching past the decliners by a 426 to 422 margin on volume of 135 million shares traded.

In a reversal of recent fortunes, the more speculative stocks actually showed signs of life and out performed their bigger brothers during Thursday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tail of the tape; the TSX Exchange lost 0.66%, while the TSX Gold Index fell 0.6% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 1.82% with the advancing issuers beating out the decliners by a 536 to 406 margin on pathetic volume of 146 million shares traded.

In a surprise move, Goldcorp (G) stepped up to the plate and agreed to buy Gold Eagle Mines (GEA) in a deal valued at C$1.5 billion. The major will pay C$6.80 in cash and 0.146 Goldcorp share for each Gold…