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Open Edition. Friday, April 24, 2026

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$42.22
+0.07%

Headline

Emerging markets lift XEQT as U.S. tech offsets a broad sectoral split.

XEQT is up 0.07% in early trading at $42.22, a subdued Friday open that masks meaningful dispersion beneath the surface. The emerging markets sleeve is the clearest positive force so far, contributing roughly +0.07 percentage points on strength concentrated in Taiwan and South Korea. The U.S. sleeve is also in positive territory, though sector-level results are sharply divided. Canada is a mild drag, while international developed markets are essentially flat.

How large is this morning's move?

Typical day · This morning's +0.07% move is 0.1× 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

    25.92% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.09% -0.02 pts from XEQT

    Canada's XIC is down 0.09% early, contributing roughly -0.02 pp to XEQT. Energy is the main weight among the sectors tracked, off 1.28%, while materials have moved in the opposite direction, up 0.67%. Financials, the sleeve's largest sector, are nearly flat at -0.08%.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.08% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.09% +0.04 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is up 0.09%, with technology the clear standout among tracked sectors, rising 1.59% following a strong earnings report from Intel. Communication services and health care are pulling in the opposite direction, down 1.67% and 1.17% respectively, which is tempering the sleeve's net gain. Wall Street opened mixed, and sector divergence is defining early price action.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.61% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.00% +0.00 pts to XEQT

    XEF is flat at 0.00% so far, with gains and losses across the tracked markets roughly offsetting one another. The Netherlands and Germany are among the stronger markets in the covered exposures, while Japan and Australia are slightly lower. The UK is edging up 0.36% in early trading despite broader concerns about weekly losses.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.30% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +1.27% +0.07 pts to XEQT

    XEC is up 1.27% and is the day's most consequential sleeve for XEQT so far, contributing approximately +0.07 pp. Taiwan-listed equities rose 3.88% among the markets tracked, with TSMC cited as a driver of outperformance. South Korea added 1.87% within the covered exposures. India and Brazil are modest offsets, each moving lower 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 0.07% move at the open is well below the recent 20-day average absolute swing of 0.68%, which itself reflects a period of elevated market activity. The more relevant frame is XEQT's 7.02% gain over the past month and 5.13% year-to-date return, both of which reflect what patient holding through dispersion actually produces. The sharp sector splits visible in early trading, particularly within the U.S. sleeve, are a reminder that single-day composition can look nothing like the underlying trend. XEQT's positioning across four global sleeves means no single sector's bad morning defines the portfolio.

Signals

  • 01

    Tech earnings driving intra-sleeve splits

    U.S. technology is up 1.59% among tracked sectors while communication services falls 1.67%, a gap of more than three percentage points within a single sleeve on a single morning. For an XEQT holder, this kind of internal dispersion is worth watching as earnings season progresses, since sector-level swings can dominate the U.S. sleeve's direction without moving the headline index dramatically.

  • 02

    EM outperforming despite small portfolio weight

    Emerging markets account for just 5.30% of XEQT but are contributing the largest positive sleeve impact in early trading at +0.07 pp, driven by concentrated strength in Taiwan and South Korea among the markets represented. The sleeve's small weight limits its upside pull on quiet days, but when EM moves this sharply it becomes meaningful at the fund level.

  • 03

    Canadian energy a headwind within domestic sleeve

    Canadian energy is down 1.28% in early trading, the steepest sectoral decline among the domestic exposures tracked, consistent with oil prices moving lower following a U.S. shipping waiver extension. Energy represents roughly 17% of the Canadian sleeve, making it a meaningful drag on XIC's early performance even as materials and industrials partially offset the loss.

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