It was a very quiet day of trading during Friday on the Canadian Markets, with investors generally taking the day off ahead of the long weekend in the United States. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 0.44%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 0.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 0.61% with the advancers beating out the decliners by a 431 to 359 margin on 183 million shares traded.

The volatility continued during Friday’s trading session on the Canadian markets as dropping oil and bullion prices impacted the resource heavy big board but the smaller stocks managed to hold their own.