News that construction spending in the United States rose 0.3 per cent in March sent investors into a buying frenzy during Monday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange surged 3.93%, while the TSX Gold Index added 4.7% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 1.68% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 528 to 362 margin on good volumes of 210 million shares traded.

The Summer doldrums appear to have taken hold of the Canadian Markets, as during Wednesday trading only select plays attracted the interest of investors.

The more speculative exploration stocks continued their bull run but profit taking dominated the big board during Friday trading on the Canadian Markets.