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Close Edition. Thursday, May 28, 2026

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$44.36
+0.09%

Headline

XEQT edges up 0.09% as U.S. and Canadian gains offset a broad retreat in international developed markets.

A quiet session for XEQT masked meaningful divergence beneath the surface. Canada and the United States each contributed positively, while international developed markets fell 0.37%, nearly cancelling those gains. The U.S.-Iran ceasefire extension lifted Wall Street to record closing highs, supporting the U.S. sleeve, while European equities slid as investors weighed the durability of any peace agreement. The net result was a fractional advance of 0.09% for the fund, closing at $44.36.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's +0.09% move is 0.1× 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

    25.06% of XEQT

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

    Canada's 0.22% gain was driven by a sharp divergence within the sleeve: materials surged 2.17% and information technology rose 2.65%, together more than offsetting declines in financials and energy. Canadian financials fell 0.87%, the sleeve's most significant drag among the sectors tracked. The TSX ended higher by more than 100 points, with tech and metal mining shares leading the advance.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.16% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.21% +0.09 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve rose 0.21%, anchored by technology, up 1.31%, and health care, up 1.40%, among the sectors tracked. The Canadian dollar's 0.43% gain against the U.S. dollar trimmed what would otherwise have been a stronger contribution: U.S. equities rose 0.60% in local terms, but translated to a softer CAD-adjusted return. Financials and industrials each fell 0.29% within the sleeve, limiting the headline advance.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.50% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.37% -0.09 pts from XEQT

    International developed markets were the session's clear drag, falling 0.37% and subtracting 0.091 percentage points from XEQT. European markets led the retreat, with the United Kingdom down 0.49%, Germany 0.46%, and Sweden 0.64%, consistent with investor uncertainty over ceasefire prospects as reported in European market coverage. Japan was the notable exception, rising 0.44% and contributing positively within the sleeve.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.00% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.18% +0.01 pts to XEQT

    Emerging markets posted a modest 0.18% gain, masking violent internal offsets. South Korean equities surged 4.10%, contributing nearly +0.88 percentage points within the sleeve and rescuing the aggregate return from what would have been a meaningful loss. Taiwan-related and China-related equities fell 0.61% and 0.85% respectively among the markets tracked, together subtracting over 0.32 percentage points within the sleeve.

    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.

The Hold Line

A move of 0.09% is well below the fund's recent 20-day average absolute swing of 0.71%, marking one of the calmer sessions of the past month. What the day revealed is how sharply the four sleeves can pull in opposite directions and still produce near-stillness at the fund level: international developed markets gave back almost exactly what Canada and the U.S. contributed. The $44.36 close sits 1.42% below the 52-week high of $45.00, within comfortable reach of recent highs set earlier this month. A long-term holder can note that the fund's one-month return of 5.37% reflects a materially more active stretch than Thursday suggested.

Signals

  • 01

    CAD strength trims U.S. sleeve return

    The Canadian dollar rose 0.43% against the U.S. dollar, reducing the translated return on U.S.-dollar assets by approximately the same magnitude: U.S. equities gained 0.60% in local terms but contributed only 0.21% to the CAD-denominated sleeve. For XEQT holders, a strengthening loonie is a routine structural headwind on the fund's largest sleeve when U.S. markets are rising, and its effect was visible in the gap between the two U.S. component returns.

  • 02

    South Korea rescues emerging markets sleeve

    South Korean equities rose 4.10%, a move large enough to flip what would have been a negative emerging markets session into a 0.18% gain, given that Taiwan- and China-related equities both declined. The concentration of that outcome in a single country illustrates how the small emerging markets sleeve (5% of XEQT) can swing materially on geographic events even when the headline number looks quiet.

  • 03

    Gold rises as European markets retreat

    Gold, which tends to attract demand when geopolitical uncertainty rises, advanced 1.01% to $4,526.70, a level consistent with the cautious tone seen in European equity markets. Canadian materials surged 2.17%, the sleeve's strongest sector, and the parallel move in gold helps explain why materials outperformed while energy and financials fell on the same day.

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