stocks in toronto halted their rally of several days midday friday with tech and healthcare leading the declines wrapping up fourthquarter earnings for canadas big six banks shares in bank of montreal rose after reporting quarterly profit that beat expectations canadas sptsx composite index was down 072 at 2061157 and the bluechip sptsx 60 was down 062 at 125004 bank of montreal shares rose 17 to c13714 after it reported earnings per share of 323 canadian dollars the equivalent of us252 up from c237 in the comparable quarter a year ago on an adjusted basis earnings were c333 a share beating analyst expectations of c321 a share according to factset shares in mission ready solutions inc soared by 50 to c028 after announcing that its subsidiary unifire inc was awarded a contract to facilitate delivery of commercial offtheshelf shelter systems to a us defense agency with a ceiling of up to 200 million canadian western bank shares fell by 47 to c3566 despite reporting a 38 profit rise in the fourth quarter benefiting from higher revenue