Despite the continued sell-off in the price of bullion, better than expected earnings results in the financial sector propelled the broader markets higher during Thursday trading on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape; the TSX Exchange added 3.21%, while the TSX Gold Index managed to gain 1.4% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, rallied 0.92% with the advancers edging out the decliners by a 409 to 368 margin on 126 million shares traded.