canadian stocks were slightly higher midtrading tuesday as recent data showed that the countrys inflation rate cooled to 43 in the month of march down from 52 most sectors were higher but health technology was the outsized gainer followed by materials and consumer discretionary utilities and process industries posted the biggest declines bellus health incs stock was one of the biggest gainers after british pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant gsk plc said it would buy the company for 2 billion at midday canadas sptsx composite index was 019 higher at 2068018 and the bluechip sptsx 60 rose by 016 to 124647 bellus healths torontolisted shares were 99 higher at c1928 after gsk said it would offer 1475 a share more than double mondays uslisted share price of 726 torontodominion bank said it expects a higher contribution in its second quarter from charles schwab corps firstquarter results shares were 13 higher at c8304 spectral medical inc shares were 71 higher at c030 after the company reported that its euphas2 trial in italy confirmed positive results for polymyxinb hemoadsorption therapy or pmx its treatment for endotoxemic septic shock and endotoxin activity anaergia inc shares tumbled more than 67 to c166 after the company said chief financial officer paula myson resigned from her role effective immediately