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Open Edition. Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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$43.10
-0.21%

Headline

U.S. tech and a sharp emerging markets slide weigh on XEQT early.

In early trading, XEQT was down 0.21% at $43.10, with the U.S. sleeve contributing the largest drag at -0.19 pp on a -0.42% decline. Emerging markets added a further -0.07 pp despite their small weight, pulled sharply lower in the markets represented here. International developed markets were the lone constructive force, contributing +0.11 pp and partially offsetting losses elsewhere. Canada was flat, leaving the fund's early balance largely determined by U.S. and EM weakness.

How large is this morning's move?

Typical day · This morning's -0.21% move is 0.3× 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

    25.28% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.00% +0.00 pts to XEQT

    The Canadian sleeve opened at precisely flat, masking sharp internal divergence. Materials fell 3.39% within the sleeve, a decline consistent with gold's 1.63% drop in early trading, while energy rose 1.75% and information technology gained 2.31%. Financials, the sleeve's largest sector, added a modest 0.28%, keeping the aggregate near zero.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.35% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.42% -0.19 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve was down 0.42%, with technology off 0.56% and consumer discretionary and industrials each falling more than 1% among the sectors tracked. Health care bucked the pattern with a 0.80% gain. Treasury yields climbing above 4.66% are consistent with the pressure on rate-sensitive and growth-oriented sectors visible in early session data.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.34% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.47% +0.11 pts to XEQT

    XEF.TO gained 0.47%, the session's standout sleeve, though the country detail tells a more complicated story. Japan fell 0.69% and the UK slipped 0.31% among the markets tracked, while Germany edged higher. The sleeve's positive aggregate reflects strength in markets not fully captured in the country breakdown, consistent with a mixed but broadly resilient European open.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.88% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -1.36% -0.07 pts from XEQT

    Despite holding less than 5% of XEQT, the EM sleeve is generating an outsized early signal. South Korean equities fell 3.41% and Taiwan-listed shares dropped 2.27% among the areas tracked, with South Korean chipmakers extending declines that tracked an overnight slump in U.S. semiconductors. China was the exception, rising 0.49% within the sleeve and partially cushioning the damage.

    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

A move of 0.21% sits at roughly a third of XEQT's recent average daily swing, placing this squarely in ordinary territory. The fund's YTD return stands at 7.32% and the one-month figure at 1.34%, both intact after this early dip. What is worth noting is how the sleeve structure is working: international developed markets are absorbing some of the U.S. and EM pressure rather than amplifying it. The session has hours left to run.

Signals

  • 01

    Treasury yield rise pressures growth sectors

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which reflects the market's expectation for long-term borrowing costs, climbed to 4.66% early Tuesday, a move of 0.87% on the day. That rise is consistent with the early weakness concentrated in U.S. technology, industrials, and consumer discretionary, while health care and staples held positive ground within the tracked sleeve.

  • 02

    Gold drop exposes Canadian materials drag

    Gold fell 1.63% in early trading, and Canadian materials, which carry an 18% weight in the Canadian sleeve, dropped 3.39%, the sharpest sector move across any sleeve. This offset gains in energy and technology within Canada, producing a net-flat sleeve result that obscures meaningful internal stress in commodity-linked sectors.

  • 03

    EM weight punches above its contribution

    At 4.88% of XEQT, the emerging markets sleeve would typically register as a rounding error on a quiet day, yet its -1.36% decline is contributing -0.07 pp to XEQT's total move, representing roughly a third of the fund's early loss. South Korean and Taiwan-listed equities are responsible for most of that pressure, reflecting spillover from the U.S. semiconductor pullback into Asian chip-heavy markets.

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