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Midday Edition. Thursday, May 7, 2026

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$43.00
-0.60%

Headline

Europe pulls XEQT lower while North America holds relatively firm.

XEQT is down 0.60% at midday, trading at $43.00, with the international developed sleeve carrying almost all of the weight. XEF.TO has fallen 1.19% on the session, contributing roughly 0.29 percentage points of the fund's decline, a gap that dwarfs every other sleeve's move. Canada and the U.S. are each softer but only modestly so, while emerging markets add a small incremental drag. The result is a loss concentrated almost entirely in one geography.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's -0.60% move is 1.0× 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
    -0.35% -0.09 pts from XEQT

    XIC.TO is off 0.35%, contributing about 0.09 percentage points to XEQT's decline. Energy is the dominant drag within the sleeve, falling nearly 1.88%, while industrials are also meaningfully lower. Technology and materials are providing partial offsets, each up close to or above 1.8% and 0.7% respectively, keeping the sleeve's net loss contained.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.12% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.13% -0.06 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is barely negative at -0.13%, contributing under 0.06 percentage points to XEQT's decline. Industrials and energy are the softer pockets among sectors tracked, but technology and communication services are essentially flat, anchoring the sleeve. A notable gap exists between the CAD-listed and USD-listed U.S. components: XTOT edged up 0.06% while ITOT translated to CAD shows -0.39%, reflecting where currency and instrument differences are running today.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.58% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -1.19% -0.29 pts from XEQT

    XEF.TO's 1.19% decline is the session's defining move, with the UK bearing the sharpest losses among markets tracked. Oil majors Shell and BP weighed heavily on London equities as crude prices softened, while continental markets including France, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands each fell between 1.4% and 1.9%. Japan declined more modestly at 0.44%, and Hong Kong was essentially unchanged, offering the only respite within the tracked developed-market exposures.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.46% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -0.82% -0.04 pts from XEQT

    XEC.TO is down 0.82%, adding about 0.045 percentage points to XEQT's loss. South Korea is the standout detractor among markets tracked, falling 2.30% despite the Kospi having recently cleared the 7,500 mark for the first time intraday, suggesting some consolidation after a sharp prior-session run. Brazil is also weaker, while Taiwan, China, and India are each off modestly.

    Emerging Markets market region icon

Colored bars represent biggest contributors to XEQT's move this afternoon (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 0.60% decline on a day when three of four sleeves lost less than 0.35% is really a story about one region having a rough session, not a broad portfolio deterioration. XEQT's year-to-date return stands at 7.07% and the fund remains within 0.9% of its 52-week high. The geographic breadth that makes a day like this feel concentrated in one sleeve is exactly the same structure that prevents any single region's bad session from defining the portfolio.

Signals

  • 01

    Europe-wide equity weakness stands out

    Every major continental European market tracked in the developed sleeve is down more than 1.4% at midday, a breadth of weakness that goes beyond the UK's specific oil-major story. For an XEQT holder, it is worth watching whether this reflects a broader European re-rating or simply profit-taking after the recent peace-driven rally in those markets.

  • 02

    XTOT vs. CAD-adjusted ITOT gap widens

    The CAD-listed U.S. component edged up 0.06% while its USD-listed counterpart, translated back into Canadian dollars, sits at -0.39%, a gap of 0.45 percentage points that exceeds the significance threshold. The divergence reflects how currency translation is currently running inside the U.S. sleeve, and it serves as a reminder that a weakening Canadian dollar can quietly buffer U.S. losses for XEQT holders even on days when the headline sleeve return looks muted.

  • 03

    Treasury yield rise, rate-sensitive sectors soft

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a benchmark that shapes borrowing costs and the relative attractiveness of equities, has risen 0.46% on the session to 4.38%. Among sectors tracked, U.S. health care, consumer staples, and Canadian utilities are each lower, a pattern consistent with rate-sensitive areas of the market facing pressure when yields move higher.

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