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Midday Edition. Friday, May 22, 2026

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$44.05
+0.51%

Headline

AI enthusiasm and Taiwan strength push XEQT within reach of its 52-week high.

XEQT is up 0.51% at $44.05 through midday Friday, sitting just 0.1% below its 52-week high of $44.09. The U.S. sleeve is doing the heavy lifting, contributing roughly 0.43 percentage points on a broad technology-led advance tied to continued AI enthusiasm. The remaining three sleeves are each adding modest support, with emerging markets punching above their weight thanks to a sharp move in Taiwan-listed equities.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's +0.51% move is 0.8× 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

    25.34% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.24% +0.06 pts to XEQT

    The Canadian sleeve is up 0.24%, contributing about 0.06 percentage points to XEQT. Information technology is the standout, rising 2.13% among tracked sectors and accounting for most of the sleeve's gain, while financials added steady support at 0.30%. Materials and consumer staples are both in negative territory, partly offsetting those advances.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.16% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.94% +0.43 pts to XEQT

    A 0.94% gain makes the U.S. sleeve the dominant force in the session. Technology, the largest tracked sector at roughly 35% of the sleeve, is up 1.50%, consistent with broad AI-driven momentum pushing the S&P 500 toward an eighth consecutive weekly advance. Health care and industrials are also contributing meaningfully, while communication services is the lone drag among tracked sectors.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.53% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.22% +0.05 pts to XEQT

    Japan is the clear driver within the international developed sleeve, advancing 0.51% among tracked markets and contributing the largest positive offset in this group, buoyed by a record Nikkei close tied to AI-related strength. That gain is being partially absorbed by weakness across Western Europe, where France, Spain, the UK, and Australia are all lower in the tracked exposures.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.89% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.25% +0.01 pts to XEQT

    Despite carrying less than 5% of XEQT's weight, the emerging markets sleeve is up 0.25%. Taiwan-related equities are up 3.15% among tracked exposures, more than offsetting declines in China, South Korea, and Brazil. India is also positive at 0.91% among tracked exposures, adding a second source of support within a sleeve that is otherwise split.

    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.

The Hold Line

With XEQT just $0.04 below its 52-week high, the fund's YTD return of 10.42% reflects a broadly constructive year despite stretches of turbulence in the first quarter. The breadth across today's session is notable: all four sleeves are positive, with the advance led by a secular technology theme that spans geographies, from U.S. large caps to Japan's Nikkei. A long-term holder who stayed the course from February's lows is now watching the portfolio approach record territory, which is exactly where patience is designed to lead.

Signals

  • 01

    XEQT at edge of 52-week high

    At $44.05, XEQT is trading within 0.1% of its 52-week high of $44.09, a threshold that has not been cleared all year. For a long-term holder, a sustained break above that level would represent full recovery and new ground, though the significance lies in the YTD journey of 10.42%, not the final tick.

  • 02

    Taiwan drives EM above its weight

    Taiwan-listed equities rose 3.15% among tracked emerging market exposures, enough to flip a sleeve weighed down by China and South Korea into positive territory. With Taiwan representing roughly 25% of the emerging markets sleeve and under 5% of XEQT overall, this kind of within-sleeve divergence is worth watching as a signal of concentrated country risk inside what appears to be a diversified allocation.

  • 03

    10-year yield eases, rate-sensitive sectors firm

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a key benchmark that shapes borrowing costs and equity valuations, has edged down 0.13% to 4.58%, and rate-sensitive sectors in Canada including utilities and real estate are both positive among tracked sectors. This pattern is modest in scale but consistent with the direction one would expect when longer-term rates ease slightly into a Friday close.

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