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Midday Edition. Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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$42.20
+0.40%

Headline

U.S. technology and a surging South Korea lift XEQT 0.40% at midday.

XEQT is trading at $42.20, up 0.40% through the first half of Wednesday's session. The United States sleeve is the dominant force, contributing roughly 0.34 percentage points on the back of a broad advance in U.S. technology. Emerging markets are punching above their weight today, with South Korean equities posting a striking 5.06% gain among the markets tracked, adding another 0.07 pp despite the sleeve's modest 5.31% portfolio weight. Canada and international developed markets are both positive but contributing modestly, keeping the overall picture constructive without changing its character.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's +0.40% move is 0.5× 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

    25.91% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.26% +0.07 pts to XEQT

    The Canadian sleeve is up 0.26%, with materials and energy driving the advance. Canadian materials have risen 1.28% and energy 0.96% so far, together accounting for the bulk of the sleeve's gain. Canadian financials are a partial offset, slipping 0.22%, while consumer staples have pulled back 1.05%, though both sectors are too small in aggregate to redirect the sleeve.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    43.81% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.77% +0.34 pts to XEQT

    U.S. technology is up 1.61% among the sectors tracked, and at roughly a third of the sleeve's weight, it is the single largest driver of XEQT's midday move. Communication services and health care are adding modest support. Industrials and financials are both slightly lower, trimming but not reversing the technology-led gain.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.75% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.14% +0.04 pts to XEQT

    XEF.TO is up 0.14%, a narrow gain that contributes just 0.035 pp to XEQT. Japan and Germany are both up 0.48% among the markets tracked, and the UK has added 0.40%. Australia is the most notable detractor, down 0.51%, while France is marginally lower. The sleeve is broadly constructive but lacks a clear regional catalyst among the covered exposures.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.31% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +1.25% +0.07 pts to XEQT

    XEC.TO is up 1.25%, the strongest sleeve return of the session. South Korean equities have risen 5.06% among the markets tracked, an outsized single-country move that dominates the sleeve's character. Taiwan-listed equities are up 2.73%, adding further lift. China is essentially flat at +0.14%, and Brazil and Saudi Arabia are modest drags, but neither offsets the northeast Asian strength.

    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 move of 0.40% is about half the recent 20-day average daily swing of 0.79%, placing this squarely in the range of an unremarkable session. What is worth noting is the source of the gain: U.S. technology and a sharp South Korean advance are doing most of the work, while Canada and international developed markets are contributing positive but small amounts. XEQT's YTD return now sits at 5.08%, and the fund is 1.5% below its 52-week high. The session's construction, with gains distributed across three of four sleeves, reflects normal portfolio behavior rather than anything requiring attention.

Signals

  • 01

    South Korea dominates EM sleeve

    South Korean equities are up 5.06% among the markets tracked, an unusually large single-session move for a country representing roughly 17% of the emerging markets sleeve. For XEQT holders, this illustrates how concentrated single-country moves within EM can briefly drive sleeve-level returns in either direction without signaling a broader trend.

  • 02

    U.S. tech carrying the U.S. sleeve

    Technology is up 1.61% among U.S. sectors tracked while four other major sectors are negative, meaning the sleeve's 0.77% gain reflects a narrow rather than broad advance. This kind of sector concentration within a positive sleeve return is worth watching, as it means the U.S. contribution to XEQT is resting on a thinner base than the headline number implies.

  • 03

    Canada: materials outpacing financials

    Canadian materials are up 1.28% and energy 0.96% among tracked sectors, while financials, the sleeve's largest component at 32.6%, are down 0.22%. The sleeve's modest positive return is being carried by cyclical resource sectors rather than its dominant weight, a reversal of the more typical pattern where financials set the Canadian sleeve's direction.

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