Brokerage Scotiabank resumed coverage of digital healthcare firm WELL Health Technologies Corp WELL.TO with a "sector outperform" rating, sending its shares 1.3% up. The U.S. Labor Department's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.9% in April, compared with expectations of a 5% increase, as per a Reuters poll, raising hopes of a rate hike pause by the Federal Reserve in June. Meanwhile, a Statistics Canada report showed that the value of March domestic building permits unexpectedly rose by 11.3% across residential and non-residential sectors.