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Open Edition. Monday, April 27, 2026

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$42.24
-0.21%

Headline

U.S. sleeve leads XEQT lower in a subdued Monday open.

XEQT is off 0.21% at the open, with the U.S. sleeve accounting for the bulk of the drag at minus 0.222 percentage points of contribution. The international developed and emerging market sleeves are adding modest additional pressure, while Canada is flat. At 0.3 times the recent 20-day average daily move, this is a quiet start rather than a significant setback.

How large is this morning's move?

Typical day · This morning's -0.21% move is 0.3× 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

    25.80% of XEQT

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

    XIC.TO is unchanged so far, masking real divergence beneath the surface. Energy is the standout, up 2.44% and contributing roughly plus 0.42 percentage points within the sleeve, while materials are down 0.80% and financials off 0.26%, largely offsetting those gains. The net effect on XEQT is negligible, but the internal rotation is worth noting.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.14% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.50% -0.22 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is down 0.50%, making it the dominant drag on XEQT this morning. Consumer discretionary is the weakest sector tracked, falling 0.92%, while technology is off a more modest 0.26%. Financials, health care, and communication services are all slightly positive among the sectors covered, suggesting the weakness is concentrated rather than broad. A heavy earnings week is underway, with companies representing a large share of the S&P 500 set to report.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.56% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.20% -0.05 pts from XEQT

    XEF.TO is down 0.20%, contributing minus 0.050 percentage points. Japan is the strongest market tracked, up 0.93%, but that gain is offset by softness across much of continental Europe, with the Netherlands down 0.62% and Sweden off 0.53% among the notable declines. The UK is nearly flat at minus 0.09%.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.37% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -0.05% -0.00 pts from XEQT

    XEC.TO is essentially flat at minus 0.05%, with sharply divergent moves beneath that calm surface. South Korea is up 2.05% among the markets tracked, providing the sleeve's main support, while China-related equities are down 0.93% and Taiwan-related equities off 0.49%, largely cancelling that gain.

    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 move of 0.21% sits well within the ordinary range for XEQT, and the one-month return of plus 8.42% provides useful context for what a single quiet Monday morning represents. The internal offsetting between energy strength and equity weakness in both Canada and emerging markets illustrates how a globally diversified portfolio can absorb sector-level noise. The more consequential datapoint this week may be U.S. earnings, where results from major technology companies could shift the sleeve that matters most to XEQT's overall direction.

Signals

  • 01

    Energy lifting Canada and U.S. sleeves

    Canadian energy is up 2.44% and U.S. energy is up 1.03% in early trading, providing partial offsets to weakness elsewhere in both sleeves. For XEQT holders, this is worth watching as a sign that commodity-linked sectors may be absorbing some of the uncertainty weighing on growth-oriented parts of the portfolio.

  • 02

    U.S. earnings season as near-term driver

    Companies representing a substantial share of the S&P 500 are reporting results this week, with technology names prominent among them. Given that U.S. technology is already the single largest sector weight tracked in the U.S. sleeve at 33.1%, results this week could have an outsized directional effect on XEQT's largest sleeve.

  • 03

    South Korea offsetting EM weakness

    South Korea equities are up 2.05% among the markets tracked in the emerging markets sleeve, nearly neutralising declines in China and Taiwan-related equities and holding XEC.TO close to flat. The sleeve's near-zero net move conceals significant cross-country dispersion, a pattern that matters when assessing whether EM is truly quiet or simply balanced.

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