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Close Edition. Friday, April 24, 2026

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$42.33
+0.33%

Headline

Intel's surge lifts U.S. tech, carrying XEQT to a Friday gain.

XEQT closed up 0.33% at $42.33, with the U.S. sleeve providing the decisive push at +0.51% and an estimated +0.22 percentage points of contribution. Emerging markets added meaningfully as well, with XEC.TO rising 1.66% for a further +0.09 pp. Canada was the lone detractor, trimming a small amount from the total, while international developed markets made a modest positive contribution. The session's defining story was a sharp advance in U.S. technology, powered by Intel's best single-day performance in decades.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's +0.33% move is 0.4× 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

    25.92% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.07% -0.02 pts from XEQT

    XIC.TO slipped 0.07%, subtracting roughly 0.02 pp from XEQT. Energy was the clear drag within the tracked sectors, falling 1.40% and accounting for most of the sleeve's decline. Materials and information technology both posted modest gains, but not enough to offset the pressure from energy.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.08% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.51% +0.22 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve's 0.51% gain rested almost entirely on technology, which surged 2.81% among the sectors tracked and contributed nearly a full percentage point within the sleeve. Intel's 24% single-session advance drove the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to fresh records. Financials, industrials, communication services, and health care all closed lower, meaning the gain was narrow rather than broad.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.61% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.21% +0.05 pts to XEQT

    XEF.TO added 0.21%, contributing +0.05 pp. Among the markets tracked, Germany and the Netherlands led with gains of 1.03% and 1.51% respectively, while Switzerland and the UK also advanced. Australia was the one notable decliner in the covered exposures. The sleeve's contribution was modest but constructive.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.30% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +1.66% +0.09 pts to XEQT

    XEC.TO rose 1.66%, the strongest sleeve performance of the session, contributing +0.09 pp to XEQT. Taiwan-listed equities were up 4.57% and South Korea-listed equities rose 2.64% among the markets tracked, together driving the bulk of the sleeve's advance. China gained 0.94% and India added 0.34%, while Brazil was the one meaningful detractor among tracked markets.

    Emerging Markets market region icon

Colored bars represent biggest contributors to XEQT's move today (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 gain built on a single stock's extraordinary move is narrow by construction, and the U.S. sleeve data makes that visible: technology dominated while five other sectors finished in negative territory. For an XEQT holder, that concentration risk is already diversified across three other sleeves and more than 9,000 underlying securities. The fund's 1-month return of +7.30% and YTD return of +5.40% reflect cumulative progress far more relevant than any single session. Friday's move, at roughly 0.4 times the recent daily average in absolute terms, was quiet by recent standards.

Signals

  • 01

    U.S. tech driving a narrow rally

    Five of the eight tracked U.S. sectors declined on the day, yet the sleeve still gained 0.51%, because technology's 2.81% advance outweighed the combined drag of the others. For an XEQT holder, this illustrates why broad index exposure captures headline gains without requiring a sector call.

  • 02

    Emerging markets outperform developed peers

    XEC.TO's 1.66% gain was the largest sleeve return of the session, nearly double XEF.TO's 0.21%, with strength concentrated in Taiwan and South Korea among the markets tracked. At 5.30% of XEQT, the sleeve's contribution is structurally limited, but on days like this it adds incremental lift that purely developed-market funds would not capture.

  • 03

    Canadian energy weighing on domestic sleeve

    Energy fell 1.40% within the tracked Canadian sectors, the steepest single-sector decline across all four sleeves and the primary reason XIC.TO ended the week slightly lower. With energy representing roughly 17% of the Canada sleeve, sustained pressure there is worth monitoring as a driver of domestic underperformance relative to the other sleeves.

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