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Close Edition. Monday, May 11, 2026

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$43.43
+0.12%

Headline

Oil and semiconductors pull in opposite directions, leaving XEQT little changed.

XEQT gained 0.12% on Monday, closing at $43.43, just 0.2% below its 52-week high. Canada and the U.S. each added modestly, while international developed markets edged lower, nearly cancelling the gains. Beneath the flat surface, the session was animated by two distinct forces: a sharp rise in crude oil that lifted commodity-heavy sectors, and an ongoing semiconductor rally that kept technology in the lead among tracked U.S. sectors.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's +0.12% move is 0.2× 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

    25.31% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.15% +0.04 pts to XEQT

    The Canadian sleeve rose 0.15%, though the composition of that gain was striking. Materials surged 3.21% among the sectors tracked, the largest contributor within the sleeve, consistent with gold rising to $4,746 and copper climbing 3.10%. Energy added 1.64%, supported by WTI crude's 3.10% advance to $98.38. Those two sectors overcame broad weakness elsewhere: information technology fell 3.87% and consumer staples dropped 2.03% among the sectors covered.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.95% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.16% +0.07 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve rose 0.16%, its largest contributor being technology, which gained 1.34% among the sectors tracked. Industrials and energy also advanced within the covered exposures. Most other sectors declined, with communication services falling 1.16% and consumer staples dropping 0.96% among tracked sectors. The net result was a narrow positive return on a day when, per reporting, Wall Street paused after last week's record-setting run.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.58% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.16% -0.04 pts from XEQT

    International developed markets were the session's drag, with XEF.TO falling 0.16% and subtracting 0.039 percentage points from XEQT. European markets led the weakness: France fell 0.59%, Switzerland 0.45%, and Spain 0.44% among the countries tracked. Japan, the sleeve's largest single-country weight at roughly 25%, was nearly flat at +0.04%, limiting the damage without reversing it.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.04% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.09% +0.00 pts to XEQT

    The emerging markets sleeve eked out a 0.09% gain, masking a wide internal split. South Korea and Taiwan, together representing roughly 45% of the sleeve, rose 1.39% and 1.08% respectively among the markets tracked, driven by continued momentum in semiconductor-related equities. India fell 2.85%, the sharpest decline among tracked markets, enough to nearly wipe out the gains from North Asian strength before China's 0.65% rise helped tip the balance positive.

    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

A 0.12% session, sitting 0.2% from a 52-week high, is not an occasion for reassessment. What is worth noting is that XEQT's apparent calm concealed genuine rotation: commodities surged while technology held firm and several other sectors retreated, yet the fund's structure absorbed all of it into a nearly unchanged result. The YTD return stands at 8.14%, and the month-to-date picture remains constructive. Days like this one illustrate why the sleeve architecture matters more than any single session's surface reading.

Signals

  • 01

    Crude oil and copper surge together

    WTI crude, a benchmark for global oil prices, rose 3.10% to $98.38, while copper, which tracks industrial demand expectations, climbed an equal 3.10%. The simultaneous surge powered Canadian materials and energy to lead the sleeve's tracked sectors, rescuing the Canada allocation from what would otherwise have been a negative session given broad weakness elsewhere. For a long-term XEQT holder, this is a reminder that commodity exposure within the Canadian sleeve can act as an independent return driver, distinct from equity market sentiment.

  • 02

    VIX rises despite modest equity gains

    The VIX, which measures the options market's expectation of near-term U.S. equity swings, rose 6.92% to 18.38 even as U.S. equities finished slightly higher. That combination points to a market advancing with limited confidence, consistent with reported concerns over stalled geopolitical negotiations. The level itself is not alarming, but if the VIX continues rising while equities push toward new highs, the gap between price and implied risk tends to resolve in one direction or the other.

  • 03

    Semiconductor rally anchors North Asian EM

    South Korea and Taiwan together contributed roughly 0.55 percentage points within the emerging markets sleeve's tracked exposures, the primary reason the sleeve finished positive despite India's 2.85% decline. Investment banks have sharply raised price targets for South Korean equities on the back of an AI-driven semiconductor rally, and that momentum was visible in the return structure. XEQT holders carry meaningful semiconductor exposure through XEC.TO, layered on top of the U.S. technology sector, which means this theme is represented in more than one sleeve.

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