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Open Edition. Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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$42.30
+0.64%

Headline

All four sleeves advance early, with materials and Korea leading the charge.

XEQT is up 0.64% at the open, reaching $42.30 as early trading shows broad-based strength across all four sleeves. Canada and the United States are the largest contributors, adding an estimated 0.22 and 0.36 percentage points respectively, while emerging markets are punching above their weight despite their smaller allocation. The fund sits 1.3% below its 52-week high, and this morning's move, at roughly 0.8 times the recent 20-day average, is constructive without being outsized.

How large is this morning's move?

Typical day · This morning's +0.64% move is 0.8× 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
    +0.83% +0.22 pts to XEQT

    Canadian materials are the clear standout early, rising 2.03% and contributing the bulk of the sleeve's 0.83% gain. Energy and information technology are also advancing, up 0.72% and 0.88% respectively, while consumer staples is the lone sector in the red among the areas tracked. Financials, which represent nearly a third of the sleeve, are up only 0.28%, limiting the overall Canadian contribution somewhat.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    43.57% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.84% +0.36 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is up 0.84%, its contribution of 0.36 percentage points the largest of any sleeve in early trading. Technology is the biggest driver given its size, up 0.76%, while health care is the strongest-performing sector tracked, rising 0.94%. Energy and financials are also positive, and no tracked U.S. sector is in negative territory so far.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.95% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.35% +0.09 pts to XEQT

    XEF is advancing 0.35%, the softest gain among the four sleeves, contributing approximately 0.09 percentage points. Japan and the United Kingdom, the two largest exposures tracked, are both higher, up 0.61% and 0.76% respectively. Italy and Hong Kong are among the stronger markets represented, while Australia is fractionally lower, the only notable drag within the covered exposures.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.30% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +1.03% +0.05 pts to XEQT

    Despite the smallest XEQT allocation at 5.3%, the emerging markets sleeve is the strongest performer, rising 1.03% at the open. South Korea-listed equities surged 3.36% and Taiwan-related equities rose 2.23% among the markets tracked, together accounting for the dominant share of that sleeve's gain. China, India, and Brazil are also positive, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE are modest detractors in early trading.

    Emerging Markets market region icon

Colored bars represent biggest contributors to XEQT's move this morning (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 where all four sleeves open in positive territory, and where the gains are distributed across geographies as different as Canadian materials and South Korean equities, illustrates the structural breadth XEQT is designed to capture. The fund's YTD return now stands at 5.33% and its one-month return at 7.06%, context worth keeping in view as this morning's move unfolds. A single session at 0.8 times the recent average is neither remarkable nor a signal to act on. The 52-week range, from $31.70 to $42.84, is the more useful frame for gauging where the fund stands.

Signals

  • 01

    Materials surge lifts Canada sleeve

    Canadian materials are up 2.03% early, contributing more to the Canada sleeve than any other tracked sector despite not being the largest by weight. For XEQT holders, single-sector surges within one sleeve rarely shift the fund's overall trajectory, as the data this morning confirms: Canada's full contribution is 0.22 percentage points, well-proportioned relative to its 26% weight.

  • 02

    EM outperforming its allocation weight

    At 1.03%, the emerging markets sleeve is outpacing all three larger sleeves in percentage terms, driven by sharp early gains in South Korea and Taiwan-related equities among the markets tracked. With only a 5.3% weight in XEQT, that outperformance adds approximately 0.055 percentage points to the fund, a reminder that EM's influence on daily returns remains structurally limited even when the sleeve is the session's top performer.

  • 03

    Broad advance, no sector drags in U.S.

    Every tracked U.S. sector is positive at the open, an unusual degree of internal breadth that suggests the 0.84% U.S. sleeve gain is not dependent on any single area. For a fund where the U.S. sleeve carries a 43.6% weight, broad sector participation early in the session provides a more stable foundation than a gain concentrated in one or two sectors.

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