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Close Edition. Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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$41.87
-0.55%

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International developed markets and Canada drive XEQT's third straight decline.

XEQT fell 0.55% on Wednesday, closing at $41.87, as weakness in international developed markets and the Canadian sleeve accounted for most of the day's damage. The international developed sleeve dropped 1.01%, contributing -0.25 percentage points, while Canada declined 0.82% for a -0.21 pp drag. The U.S. sleeve held relatively firm, slipping just 0.11%, as technology-sector strength offset losses in health care and industrials. A divided Federal Reserve holding rates steady and a report that OpenAI's growth fell short of internal targets weighed on parts of the session, though the overall U.S. contribution remained near flat.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's -0.55% 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

    25.81% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.82% -0.21 pts from XEQT

    Canadian materials led the sleeve lower, falling 2.34% and representing the largest single drag within the tracked sectors. Financials shed 1.08%, adding further weight. Energy was the notable exception: a surge of 2.63%, consistent with WTI crude oil's sharp 8.36% rise on the session, offset what would otherwise have been a steeper sleeve decline.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.12% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.11% -0.05 pts from XEQT

    U.S. technology rose 0.80% among the sectors tracked, providing meaningful ballast against losses in health care, industrials, and communication services. U.S. energy also advanced 2.29% within the tracked exposures, consistent with the crude oil move. The Fed's decision to hold rates while signaling internal disagreement over future cuts appeared to leave equity markets broadly unsettled outside technology.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.51% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -1.01% -0.25 pts from XEQT

    The session's heaviest sleeve, international developed markets declined broadly. Switzerland, Australia, and Italy each fell 1.55% among the countries tracked, while the UK dropped 1.20% and Germany lost 1.31%. Japan contributed the largest single drag in absolute terms given its 24.7% sleeve weight, falling 0.86%. Hong Kong was the only market to finish higher among those tracked, gaining 0.26%.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.37% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -0.41% -0.02 pts from XEQT

    Emerging markets fell 0.41%, contributing -0.02 pp to XEQT, a relatively contained move given the broader session. Brazil and South Africa were the weakest markets tracked, declining 2.62% and 2.91% respectively. Taiwan-listed equities were nearly flat, down just 0.06%, even as Taiwan's total stock market capitalization has surged more than 35% this year to surpass Canada's as the world's sixth-largest.

    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

Both of XEQT's largest two-sleeve drags came from international developed markets and Canada, while the U.S. sleeve, at 44% of the fund, absorbed the session with minimal damage. At $41.87, XEQT sits 2.3% below its 52-week high, and the one-month return remains firmly positive at +7.44%. Three consecutive down days of this magnitude represent ordinary consolidation within a strong recent run, not a meaningful reversal. The YTD gain of +4.26% remains intact.

Signals

  • 01

    WTI crude oil surges 8.36%

    WTI crude oil, which reflects U.S. benchmark petroleum prices and moves energy-sector earnings expectations, surged 8.36% to $108.28 on the session. For XEQT holders, this was a meaningful internal buffer: Canadian energy rose 2.63% and U.S. energy advanced 2.29% among tracked sectors, softening what would have been noticeably deeper sleeve losses.

  • 02

    Gold falls as materials diverge sharply

    Gold, which often tracks investor demand for defensive stores of value and influences mining-sector revenues, fell 1.14% to $4,555.70 even as crude surged. Canadian materials dropped 2.34% within the sleeve, the steepest sector decline tracked, reflecting pressure on precious-metals producers whose revenues move closely with the gold price.

  • 03

    U.S. tech offsets rate and earnings pressure

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a benchmark for borrowing costs that tends to pressure rate-sensitive and growth-oriented equities, rose 1.47% to 4.42%, while the Fed held rates amid reported internal disagreement. U.S. technology still gained 0.80% among the sectors tracked, keeping the entire U.S. sleeve loss to just 0.11% and preventing a much larger drag on XEQT.

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