The Canadian Markets continued to march higher with the Bank of Montreal posting better than expected earnings for the second quarter of 2009. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 2.15%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 0.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 0.07% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 440 to 398 margin on 171 million shares traded.

Investors started the trading week off in a selling mood with more bad economic data pushing the Canadian Markets into the red during Monday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange gave back 0.81%, while the TSX Gold Index fell 2.6% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, lost 1.11% with the decliners issuers edging out the advancers by a 351 to 250 margin on 102 million shares traded.