The bulls managed to beat down the bears during Friday trading on the Canadian Markets with the gold miners leading the charge higher. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange tacked on 1.67%, while the TSX Gold Index surged 7.3% higher and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 1.12% with the advancing issuers edging out the decliners by a 370 to 344 margin on 128 million shares traded.

After making gains the last six sessions, the Canadian Markets fell victim to profit taking during Wednesday trading. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange lost 3.70%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 7.3% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, dropped 2.76% with the declining issuers beating out the advancers by a 467 to 307 margin on volume of 161 million shares traded.