Weaker than expected first quarter growth out of the United States failed to damper the mood during Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange rallied 0.73%, while the TSX Gold Index tacked on 0.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, surged 2.10% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 486 to 316 margin on good volumes of 205 million shares traded.

It was all about gold during Tuesday trading on the Canadian markets, with investors scurrying to bullion as a safe haven against the global economic melt down. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange plunged 3.45%, while the TSX Gold Index surged 4.6% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 0.70%, with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 472 to 336 margin on 161 million shares traded.

A one day delay in the release of the bank bailout plan for the United States had the bulls and the bears battling to a draw during Monday trading on the Canadian markets. For the taile of the tape, the TSX Exchange added a modest 0.44%, while the TSX Gold Index fell back 4.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, lost 0.91% with the declining issuers edging out the advancers by a 350 to 334 margin on 155 million shares traded.

It was another choppy trading day on the Canadian Markets, with investors taking the financials woes of Citibank (NYSE:C) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) in stride. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added a modest 0.46%, while the TSX Gold Index popped another 3.5% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, rallied 2.53% with the advancing issuers swamping the decliners by a 430 to 235 margin on 125 million shares traded.

The Canadian markets were firing on all cylinders during Thursday trading as investors appeared to be gobbling up almost any equity in sight.