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Midday Edition. Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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$42.17
-0.85%

Headline

International developed markets are leading XEQT lower at midday.

XEQT is down 0.85% through midday Tuesday, sitting at $42.17 as broad weakness across international developed markets weighs on the fund. The international developed sleeve is the session's dominant drag, contributing roughly 0.38 percentage points to the decline, with Japan, Switzerland, France, and the UK all posting losses exceeding 1.5%. Canada is the second-largest headwind at minus 1.11%, while the U.S. sleeve is holding up comparatively well at minus 0.23%, limiting the overall damage.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's -0.85% move is 1.1× the 20-day average move.

This scale measures size, not what to do. Larger moves are a normal part of holding a global all-equity fund.

The Regions

  • Canada

    26.02% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -1.11% -0.29 pts from XEQT

    The Canadian sleeve's decline is being driven almost entirely by materials, which is off 3.87% and subtracting roughly 0.77 percentage points within the sleeve. Energy is providing a partial offset, rising 1.41%, while financials, the sleeve's largest component, are down a more modest 0.39%. Without the materials pressure, Canada's contribution would look materially different.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    43.57% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.23% -0.10 pts from XEQT

    Technology is the one sector holding positive ground among the areas tracked, up 0.17%, while industrials are the clearest soft spot at minus 1.16%. Health care and communication services are each down between 0.72% and 0.84%, but U.S. energy is contributing a small positive. The sleeve's relative resilience is keeping XEQT's total drawdown in check.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.95% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -1.50% -0.38 pts from XEQT

    Losses across the covered developed markets are broad and consistent. Japan is down 1.95%, Switzerland 1.97%, France 1.74%, and the UK 1.70%, with Germany and Australia each off more than 1.4%. The Netherlands is the only market among those tracked showing a notably smaller decline at minus 0.53%. No covered market is positive.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.30% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -0.62% -0.03 pts from XEQT

    Taiwan-related equities are a modest bright spot, up 0.25%, but China is down 1.64% and South Africa is off 2.80%, making them the heaviest individual drags within the tracked emerging markets. The sleeve's total contribution to XEQT's decline remains small at roughly 0.03 percentage points, given its 5.3% weight.

    Emerging Markets market region icon

Colored bars represent biggest contributors to XEQT's move this afternoon (threshold = ±0.1 percentage points). Returns are daily ETF price moves for tracked regional or sector categories and may differ slightly from raw index movements.

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The Hold Line

A session shaped by a narrow, geography-specific drag is worth reading clearly. The international developed sleeve's broad decline, with eight of eight tracked markets negative, accounts for the majority of XEQT's loss. At 0.85%, the move is running at about 1.1 times the recent 20-day average, placing it within the normal range of daily variation. XEQT's one-month return of 6.73% and year-to-date gain of 5.0% remain the more meaningful frame. A down Tuesday does not revise that picture.

Signals

  • 01

    Materials drag isolates Canada's weakness

    Canadian materials are off 3.87%, accounting for the vast majority of the sleeve's decline while every other large Canadian sector is down less than 0.5% or outright positive. For XEQT holders, this concentration means the Canadian sleeve's headline loss overstates how broadly the domestic market is under pressure.

  • 02

    Developed markets decline uniformly

    Every tracked market within the international developed sleeve is negative, with the eight largest contributors all falling between 1.4% and 2.0%, a degree of consistency that points to a broad regional move rather than country-specific disruption. This uniformity amplifies the sleeve's contribution to XEQT's loss even though developed international represents roughly a quarter of the fund.

  • 03

    U.S. sleeve cushioning total fund drawdown

    At minus 0.23%, the U.S. sleeve, XEQT's largest at 43.57%, is contributing only 0.10 percentage points to the decline, well below what a proportional move would imply. Its relative stability is worth watching as a potential ballast if international pressure continues into the close.

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