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Open Edition. Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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$42.43
+0.62%

Headline

Geopolitical unease fades at the open as XEQT rises 0.62%.

In early trading, XEQT was up 0.62% at $42.43, placing it within 1.0% of its 52-week high. All four sleeves are advancing, with the U.S. sleeve contributing the most in absolute terms at roughly 0.27 percentage points. Despite a sharp drop in crude oil tied to a fragile Middle East ceasefire, equity markets are shrugging off the geopolitical backdrop and moving broadly higher. The international developed sleeve is the session's relative standout, rising 0.72% on early strength across continental Europe.

How large is this morning's move?

Typical day · This morning's +0.62% move is 1.1× 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

    25.72% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.32% +0.08 pts to XEQT

    Canada's sleeve is up 0.32%, with materials and financials supplying the bulk of the gain. Gold's rise above $4,580 is consistent with strength in Canadian materials, which are up 1.01% among the sectors tracked. The one drag so far is Canadian information technology, down 1.68%, which is trimming an otherwise broader advance.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.30% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.61% +0.27 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is up 0.61%, with technology accounting for the largest single contribution among sectors tracked, rising 1.46%. Consumer discretionary and industrials are also firm. Communication services is the lone detractor at -0.41%, while financials are essentially flat, consistent with a modest decline in the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.43%.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.39% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.72% +0.18 pts to XEQT

    Continental Europe is driving the international developed sleeve higher, with Germany up 1.76%, Italy up 2.27%, Spain up 1.82%, and the Netherlands up 1.60% among the markets tracked. The UK is the exception, slipping 0.56% early in the session, consistent with oil-major exposure in a session where crude has fallen sharply. Japan is up a more modest 0.55%.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.42% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +1.63% +0.09 pts to XEQT

    Emerging markets are the session's strongest sleeve, up 1.63%, led by a sharp advance in South Korean equities of 4.76% and a 2.25% gain in Taiwan-listed shares among the markets tracked. South Africa is up 2.50% as well. China is a relative laggard at just 0.28%, limiting what would otherwise be a more emphatic contribution from the sleeve.

    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

With all four sleeves pointing higher and XEQT within reach of a new 52-week high, the early session reflects the fund's core design: no single geography or sector is carrying the full weight. The YTD return of 5.65% provides meaningful context for a day's move of 0.62%, which is roughly in line with the recent 20-day average. Long-term holders have seen a 27% recovery from the 52-week low; proximity to the high is confirmation of that trajectory, not a reason to reconsider it.

Signals

  • 01

    Oil's sharp drop, equities hold

    WTI crude oil, a benchmark for global energy prices, has fallen 3.81% to $102.37 early in the session, yet the broad equity advance is intact across all four XEQT sleeves. For a global equity holder, this split is worth noting: energy-sector exposure in Canada and the U.S. is a relatively small share of XEQT's total weight, limiting the drag from crude's slide.

  • 02

    Europe's intra-regional split

    Among the international developed markets tracked, continental European equities are advancing strongly while the UK is the sole decliner, down 0.56%, in a session where crude oil has dropped sharply and oil majors are under pressure. XEQT's EAFE sleeve blends these divergent outcomes, and the UK's modest weight means the continental gains are dominating the sleeve's net return so far.

  • 03

    Gold at $4,586, copper up 2.69%

    Gold and copper, both rising meaningfully early in the session, are providing a tailwind to materials-sensitive exposures: Canadian materials are up 1.01% among the sectors tracked, and South African equities are up 2.50% among emerging markets tracked. For XEQT holders, commodity-linked segments across multiple sleeves are adding small but additive contributions to the session's broader gain.

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