The Canadian Markets started off the trading week in fine form with investors cheering both the bailout of Citibank(NYSE:C) and President Elect Obama’s economic vision in the United States. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 3.50%, while the TSX Gold Index climbed another 1.5% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, gained 2.64% with the advancing issuers outpacing the decliners by a 421 to 357 margin on volume of 166 million shares traded.

The Hudbay takeover saga just got a tad more interesting after Jaguar Financial announced that it would offer Hudbay shareholders the cash value of Hudbay, less a 1% fee estimated at C$5.40 per share, plus the cash from the remaining assets of Hudbay under a sale. HudBay Minerals and Lundin Mining (NYSE:LMC) have inked a friendly deal that would have Lundin shareholders getting 0.3919 of a Hudbay share

The selling pressure intensified during early Thursday trading on the Canadian markets but some late day buying pushed the big board into the black, while the junior board remained mired in the red.

For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 4.82%, while the TSX Gold Index rallied 12.9% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, lost 1.08% with the declining issuers outpacing the advancers by a 494 to 288 margin on volume of 152 million shares traded.

Shares of copper miner Anvil Mining got slammed after the company reported a third quarter loss of $17.3 million or $0.24 per share, compared with a profit of $39.1 million or $0.55 per share in the same period of 2007. Falling copper prices, political uncertainty and operational issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo all impacted the bottom line. The company also does

It was green lights across the board during Tuesday trading on the Canadian markets as investors placed bets that the conclusion of the United States presidential election would prompt a stock rally. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange surged 4.07%, while the TSX Gold Index added 11.5% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, climbed 4.24% with the advancing issuers swamping the decliners by a 560 to 306 margin on volume of 176 million shares traded.

Hathor Exploration (CVE:HAT) came out with ore stellar numbers from its Roughrider zone on the Midwest NorthEast property in northern Saskatchewan. The latest included 23 metres running 11.23% U308. Hathor ended the day up C$0.05 at C$2.29, while 10% owner Terra Ventures was unchanged at C$0.43.

Sherwood Copper (CVE:SWC) discovered a new high grade copper-gold zone at its Minto Mine in the Yukon. Located only 800

The unified interest rate cuts that included a 0.5% reduction in Canada did little to bolster investor confidence early on, but a binge of late day buying propelled the big board into the black by the close of Wednesday trading on the Canadian Markets.

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