Worries over the financial health of the major banks sent investors running to the safety of gold during Friday trading on the Canadian markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange plunged 2.88%, while the TSX Gold Index added another 3.2% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 1.02% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 483 to 340 margin on 181 million shares traded.