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Midday Edition. Friday, May 8, 2026

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$43.34
+0.86%

Headline

Technology and South Korea push XEQT toward its 52-week high.

XEQT is trading at $43.34 through midday, up 0.86%, and sits just 0.2% below its 52-week high of $43.43. The U.S. sleeve is the largest contributor at 0.45 percentage points, driven by a sharp advance in technology stocks as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq reach fresh peaks. Emerging markets punch well above their 5.54% portfolio weight, adding 0.11 pp on the back of extraordinary strength in South Korean equities. All four sleeves are rising together, a pattern that has been relatively consistent through a strong 2026 for XEQT.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Larger-than-usual day · This afternoon's +0.86% move is 1.4× 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

    25.32% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.44% +0.11 pts to XEQT

    Materials are the clear engine of the Canadian sleeve, rising 2.56% among the sectors tracked and contributing nearly all of the sleeve's net gain. Gold prices, up modestly at $4,722, are consistent with that strength. Industrials and information technology are each down more than 1%, partially offsetting, but financials, the largest sector weight at roughly a third of the sleeve, are broadly flat.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.16% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +1.02% +0.45 pts to XEQT

    U.S. technology stocks are delivering the session's most consequential single-sector move, rising 2.93% and contributing over one full percentage point within the sleeve alone. A stronger-than-expected jobs report has supported sentiment, and Nvidia is among the named drivers of the Nasdaq's record push. Health care, financials, and communication services are each slightly lower, but their combined drag is no match for technology's weight.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.74% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.97% +0.24 pts to XEQT

    Japan is the standout contributor among the developed market exposures tracked, rising 1.14% and accounting for the majority of the sleeve's 0.97% gain. Switzerland and the Netherlands are also higher, adding supplementary support. Hong Kong is the one notable soft spot in the tracked coverage, slipping 0.61%.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.54% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +1.94% +0.11 pts to XEQT

    South Korean equities are up 6.82% among the instruments tracked, a move that dominates the sleeve's 1.94% return and makes emerging markets the highest-returning sleeve by a wide margin. Taiwan-related equities are also advancing, up 1.80%. China and India are essentially flat, while Malaysia and Poland edge lower within the tracked coverage.

    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 move of 0.86% is about 1.4 times the recent daily average, meaningful without being exceptional. What is notable is the quality of the breadth: all four sleeves are contributing positively, and the fund sits within reach of a 52-week high while carrying a YTD return of nearly 8%. For a long-term holder, the more relevant frame is that XEQT's geographic spread is working as designed, absorbing a localized surge in South Korean equities and a technology-led U.S. session without depending on either one alone.

Signals

  • 01

    U.S. technology dominates sleeve returns

    Technology stocks account for roughly a third of the U.S. sleeve by weight and are up 2.93% in the tracked sectors, generating over one percentage point of within-sleeve contribution on their own. For an XEQT holder, the U.S. sleeve's health remains meaningfully tied to a single sector, a concentration that amplifies both upside days like this one and potential reversals.

  • 02

    South Korea surges well above sleeve weight

    South Korean equities rose 6.82% among the instruments tracked, an outsized move for a market representing roughly 20% of the emerging markets sleeve. The Kospi closed near 7,500 in its fourth consecutive session of gains, and while the EM sleeve is only 5.54% of XEQT, the concentration of that return in a single market is worth noting when assessing how representative the sleeve's overall result is.

  • 03

    10-year yield falls as equities rally

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a benchmark rate that anchors borrowing costs across the economy, fell 0.59% to 4.37% even as equities advanced broadly. Falling yields alongside rising equity prices suggests the jobs data was read as healthy rather than inflationary, a combination that tends to be constructive for rate-sensitive holdings within a diversified fund like XEQT.

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