The Canadian Markets continued to march higher with the Bank of Montreal posting better than expected earnings for the second quarter of 2009. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 2.15%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 0.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 0.07% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 440 to 398 margin on 171 million shares traded.

The big board stocks took a well deserved rest but the junior stocks continued to motor forward during Thursday trading on the Canada Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange gave back 2.76%, while the TSX Gold Index rallied 1.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 0.39% with the decliners edging out the advancers by a 386 to 379 margin on 169 million shares traded.

The gold stocks took one on the chin as some optimistic news coming out of the financial sector helped buoy the broader markets during Tuesday’s session on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange surged 4.14%, while the TSX Gold Index lost 7.3% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, added 0.54% with the decliners beating out the advancers by a 378 to 307 margin on 109 million shares traded.

A new trading week is underway, but it was the same old selling that occurred during Monday’s session on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange fell 0.32%, while the TSX Gold Index lost 2.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gave back 1.80% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 432 to 294 margin on 105 million shares traded.

There was no place to hide during Monday trading on the Canadian markets as the bears mauled the bulls. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange plunged 3.80%, while the TSX Gold Index dropped 2.8% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, fell 1.56% with the decliners swamping the advancers by a 493 to 310 margin on 139 million shares traded.