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$44.73
+1.71%

Headline

XEQT surges 1.71% as Iran peace optimism lifts markets globally.

XEQT was trading at $44.73 in early Monday trading, up 1.71%, roughly 2.5 times its recent daily average move. All four regional sleeves are advancing, with optimism around U.S.-Iran negotiations providing a broad lift to risk assets from Tokyo to Toronto. The international developed sleeve is leading on contribution, though the U.S. sleeve's sheer weight makes it the single largest driver in absolute terms. XEQT set a new 52-week high of $45.00 earlier in the session before easing to $44.73.

How large is this morning's move?

Notable day · This morning's +1.71% move is 2.5× 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
    +0.94% +0.24 pts to XEQT

    XIC.TO is up 0.94% early in the session, contributing roughly 0.24 percentage points to XEQT. Materials are the standout among the sectors tracked, rising 2.95%, consistent with gold's elevated price. Financials, the largest tracked sector, added a steady 0.88%, while energy is the session's drag, falling 2.25%, a notable divergence from the broader Canadian advance.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.29% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    +1.18% +0.53 pts to XEQT

    U.S. equity markets are closed for Memorial Day. The U.S. sleeve return of 1.18% reflects Canadian-listed instruments and carryover positioning. Among the sectors tracked via Canadian-listed equivalents, U.S. technology-related exposures are down slightly at -0.38%, making the broader sleeve's gain attributable to the large untracked majority of American equities priced into XTOT.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.46% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +1.90% +0.46 pts to XEQT

    XEF.TO is the strongest sleeve in percentage terms, up 1.90% and contributing 0.47 percentage points. Hopes for a U.S.-Iran deal drove European equities to their highest levels since early March, with the Nikkei surging past 65,000 for the first time. Japan-related equities were notably stronger among the areas tracked, with the Canadian-listed Japan exposure rising 1.67%, while Italy's benchmark hit a 26-year record.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.86% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +3.67% +0.18 pts to XEQT

    XEC.TO is up 3.67%, the largest percentage gain of any sleeve, contributing 0.18 percentage points despite representing less than 5% of XEQT. Among the markets tracked, China-related and India-related equities rose 0.95% and 1.14% respectively, suggesting the sleeve's headline strength is concentrated in areas not fully captured by today's available data, likely including Taiwan and South Korea given their combined weight exceeding 40% of the sleeve.

    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.

The Hold Line

A session of this breadth, all four sleeves positive and the fund clearing a new 52-week high, reflects genuine geographic coordination rather than a single market carrying the result. For a long-term holder of XEQT, the more durable frame is the YTD return of 12.13%, which this session extends further. Single-day moves of this size can reverse; the constructive trend across one and three months is the more meaningful signal. With the session still early and U.S. markets closed, the final shape of the day remains open.

Signals

  • 01

    Geopolitical shift lifts risk assets broadly

    Progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations is lifting equities across multiple unrelated regions simultaneously, a pattern consistent with a genuine reduction in a macro risk premium rather than sector rotation. For XEQT holders, this kind of broad-based lift is more durable as a session driver than single-country news, though early-session gains on geopolitical hope can be fragile if headlines shift.

  • 02

    Canadian energy diverges from broader rally

    Canadian energy-related equities are down 2.25% even as the TSX and other sectors advance, a sharp within-sleeve divergence that limits Canada's total contribution. WTI crude is flat at $96.60, offering no directional support to producers, while optimism about reduced Middle East tensions may itself be weighing on energy prices by reducing a geopolitical risk premium.

  • 03

    XEQT new 52-week high early in session

    XEQT reached a new 52-week high of $45.00 in early trading, extending a four-session winning streak and pushing the YTD return to 12.13%. The fund sits 29% above its 52-week low of $34.68, a reminder of how much ground has been recovered; long-term holders who stayed the course through last year's low are now well ahead.

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