The Canadian Markets started the trading week in a sour mood with the bears coming out of retirement to rain on the bulls’ parade during Monday’s session.

Equities continued to march higher during Tuesday’s session on the Canadian Markets as investors smell an economic recovery in the making. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange gained 2.06%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 1.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.68% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 358 to 343 margin on pathetic volume of 90 million shares traded.

It was a sea of red during Monday trading on the Canadian Markets with the oils and gold guys being the hardest hit. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 3.27%, while the TSX Gold Index dropped 4.2% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 3.36% with the declining issuers edging out the advancers by a 491 to 224 margin on volume of 108 million shares traded.