The Canadian Markets took a well deserved breather during Tuesday trading with several pundits expressing views that a market correction is imminent. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange gave back a modest 0.13%, while the TSX Gold Index was the big winner by jumping 2% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added a modest 0.10% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 456 to 431 margin on a robust 227 million shares traded.

The bulls continued to ravage the bears during Wednesday trading on the Canada Markets as a drawdown in oil inventories sparked a big rally in the energy space. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added another 1.3%, while the TSX Gold Index rallied 4.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 0.85% with the advancers edging out the decliners by a 442 to 393 margin on 178 million shares traded.

News on the job loss front continued to mount but existing home sales in the United States rose unexpectedly in December and that sparked a mini-rally during Monday trading on the Canadian markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange tacked on 0.33%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 3.2% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.87% with the advancing issuers edging out the decliners by a 399 to 304 margin on 147 million shares traded.