stocks in canada were slightly lower friday after a brief moment in the green with most sectors in the red at midday only tech finance health services and utilities posted modest gains in the session wheaton precious metals corp shares fell after reporting thursday that fourthquarter earnings and revenue were lower missing analyst forecasts canadas sptsx composite index was down 027 at 2152479 the bluechip sptsx 60 fell 017 to 130353 shares in wheaton precious metals fell 32 to c6073 after it reported adjusted pershare earnings of 293 us cents down from 333 cents a year earlier missing analyst expectations of 31 cents a share cgx energy inc shares were 22 higher at c188 reaching as high as c222 earlier in the morning after announcing a us35 million loan from jointventure partner frontera energy corp to finance its project in guyana