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As is the norm of late, news flow slowed to a drip during Friday trading on the Canadian Markets with the headline on the junior front being a proposed three way merger. For the tale of the tape; the TSX Exchange added 0.63%, while the TSX Gold Index tacked on 1% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 0.20% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 430 to 360 margin on 176 million shares traded.

There was no place to hide during Monday trading on the Canadian markets as the bears mauled the bulls. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange plunged 3.80%, while the TSX Gold Index dropped 2.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 1.56% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 493 to 310 margin on 139 million shares traded.