The bigger board resource stocks continued to ascend to higher levels but the more junior exploration stocks fell victim to a lack of buyers during Monday’s session on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 0.84%, while the TSX Gold Index tacked on 0.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, lost 0.54% with the decliners edging out the advancers by a 443 to 342 margin on 161 million shares traded.

There was no place to hide during Monday trading on the Canadian markets as the bears mauled the bulls. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange plunged 3.80%, while the TSX Gold Index dropped 2.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 1.56% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 493 to 310 margin on 139 million shares traded.