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Close Edition. Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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$43.26
+1.79%

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XEQT brushes its 52-week high as peace hopes and AI lift all four sleeves.

XEQT closed at $43.26 on Wednesday, rising 1.79% and finishing just 0.1% below its 52-week high of $43.29. The session's defining force came from outside North America: international developed markets added 0.66 percentage points to the fund's return, nearly matching the U.S. sleeve's 0.68 pp contribution, as optimism over a potential U.S.-Iran peace agreement sent equities higher across Europe and Asia. The U.S. sleeve added its own weight, driven by technology and industrials, while a sharp drop in crude oil weighed on energy producers globally without derailing the broader advance.

How large is today's move?

Notable day · Today's +1.79% move is 2.9× 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

    25.63% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +1.17% +0.30 pts to XEQT

    Canada's sleeve rose 1.17%, contributing 0.30 pp, but the composition was sharply divided. Materials surged 6.39%, consistent with gold's 2.89% advance on the day, and accounted for most of the sleeve's gain. Energy fell 4.91%, reflecting the steep drop in crude oil, and dragged heavily in the opposite direction. Financials rose 1.46% and provided meaningful ballast.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.12% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +1.53% +0.68 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve gained 1.53%, its largest contributor being technology, which rose 2.66% and added nearly 0.90 pp within the sleeve. Industrials were a secondary driver at 2.59%. U.S. energy fell 4.12%, consistent with crude oil's 6.07% decline, trimming the sleeve's advance. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached record highs, supported by AI enthusiasm and de-escalation optimism.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.58% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +2.66% +0.65 pts to XEQT

    International developed markets were the session's most striking performer, rising 2.66% and contributing 0.66 pp to XEQT. Gains were broad across European markets, with France up 3.55%, the Netherlands up 3.81%, and Sweden up 3.42%, as lower oil prices and ceasefire hopes lifted sentiment. Japan advanced 2.71%, the sleeve's largest country weight, providing substantial underlying support.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.46% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +2.22% +0.12 pts to XEQT

    Emerging markets rose 2.22%, adding 0.12 pp to XEQT. South Korean equities were the standout, advancing 4.91% among the markets tracked, as the Kospi broke the 7,000-point barrier for the first time on an AI-driven semiconductor rally that carried Samsung past a $1 trillion market cap. South Africa rose 6.18% among tracked markets. Taiwan and China also advanced, broadening the sleeve's gains.

    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

Wednesday's move was 2.9 times the recent 20-day average daily swing, placing it firmly in the category of notable sessions rather than routine ones. With XEQT's YTD return now at 7.72% and the fund within touching distance of a 52-week high, the portfolio's geographic spread did real work: the international developed sleeve matched the U.S. contribution almost exactly, a reminder that XEQT's breadth is a structural feature, not a coincidence. A session this strong, built on geopolitical hopes and AI momentum, carries no guarantee of continuation, but the fund's position heading into it was earned over a full year's range.

Signals

  • 01

    Crude oil's collapse divides energy producers

    WTI crude fell 6.07%, and the effect showed up symmetrically: Canadian energy dropped 4.91% and U.S. energy fell 4.12%, both acting as meaningful drags within sleeves that otherwise advanced strongly. For XEQT holders, the fund's modest overall weighting in energy sectors limited the damage, while the same oil decline likely contributed to the optimism lifting every other part of the portfolio.

  • 02

    Gold lifts materials, splits Canada's sleeve

    Gold rose 2.89%, and Canadian materials surged 6.39%, adding over 1.1 pp within the Canada sleeve alone. That gain almost entirely offset the energy sector's 0.89 pp drag within the same sleeve, producing a net Canadian advance of 1.17% from two forces pulling in opposite directions. The divergence illustrates how commodity exposure within a single country sleeve can work in competing directions simultaneously.

  • 03

    XEQT approaches 52-week high on broad advance

    At $43.26, XEQT closed just 0.1% below its 52-week high of $43.29, with all four sleeves posting gains on the same session. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a gauge of longer-term borrowing costs and risk appetite, fell 1.36% to 4.36%, a move consistent with the broad equity advance. For a long-term holder, the fund's proximity to a record level reflects cumulative YTD gains of 7.72%, not a single day's momentum.

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