Despite a notable lack of news, the Canadian markets continued to surge higher during Thursday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 2.5%, while the TSX Gold Index tacked on 1.80% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, rallied 1.11% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 458 to 354 margin on 172 million shares traded.

Profit taking was the name of the game during Monday’s session on the Canadian Markets with the oil guys taking the brunt of the selling. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 3.30%, while the TSX Gold Index rallied 6.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 1.40% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 492 to 282 margin on volume of 117 million shares traded.