After two strong sessions, the Canadian Markets took a breather during Tuesday trading to digest the recent gains. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added a modest 0.02%, while the TSX Gold Index fell back 0.7% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, lost 0.39% with the declining issuers outpacing the advancers by a 445 to 314 margin on volume of 145 million shares traded.