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Midday Edition. Thursday, May 28, 2026

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$44.45
+0.29%

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XEQT rises 0.29% at midday as U.S. technology and Canadian materials lead three positive sleeves.

XEQT is trading at $44.45 through the midday session, up 0.29%, with three of four sleeves contributing positively. The United States sleeve is the largest contributor in absolute terms at +0.14 pp, driven by a sharp advance in technology-related equities, while Canada adds +0.12 pp on the strength of materials. A reported U.S.-Iran deal, cited by Axios, appears to have reversed earlier U.S. equity losses and is consistent with the session's constructive tone. International developed markets are essentially flat, keeping the day's net gain narrower than the breadth count alone would suggest.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's +0.29% move is 0.4× 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
    +0.49% +0.12 pts to XEQT

    Canada's sleeve is up 0.49%, but the composition tells a split story. Materials are carrying the gain, rising 2.46% among tracked sectors and contributing +0.44 pp within the sleeve, consistent with gold trading 1.21% higher on the session. Financials, the sleeve's largest tracked sector, are down 0.65% and offsetting a meaningful portion of that strength.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.16% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.31% +0.14 pts to XEQT

    Technology-related equities are up 1.69% among tracked U.S. sectors, accounting for the dominant share of the sleeve's +0.31% gain. Health care is also contributing positively at +1.35%, while U.S. financials are slightly lower. The Canadian dollar's 0.35% rise against the U.S. dollar trimmed the CAD-translated return on U.S. assets modestly, though the effect was not large enough to alter the sleeve's direction.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.50% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.04% -0.01 pts from XEQT

    The international developed sleeve is down a fractional 0.04%, contributing nearly nothing to XEQT's move. Japan is the standout in tracked markets, up 0.72% and contributing +0.18 pp within the sleeve. European markets are weighing against that gain, with Sweden, Switzerland, and Germany all in negative territory, consistent with a cautious tone in regional equities amid ongoing Middle Eastern uncertainty.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.00% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.29% +0.01 pts to XEQT

    South Korean equities are up 4.05% among tracked instruments, contributing +0.86 pp within the sleeve and single-handedly turning what would otherwise be a negative session for emerging markets into a +0.29% sleeve gain. China-related equities are down 0.83% and Taiwan-related equities down 0.25% within covered exposures, providing a meaningful offset that limits the sleeve's contribution to XEQT to just +0.01 pp.

    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

A gain of 0.29% on a day where breadth looks constructive but contributions are modest is a useful reminder that headline sleeve counts can overstate uniformity. Canada's advance rests almost entirely on materials, the U.S. sleeve depends heavily on one sector, and international developed markets are a near-zero drag. The VIX, a measure of expected near-term volatility in U.S. equities, is down 2.64% on the session, suggesting risk appetite is improving without signaling anything extreme. For a long-term holder, the day's pattern reflects normal sector rotation within a fund that has already returned 11.43% year-to-date.

Signals

  • 01

    Gold lifts Canadian materials above financials drag

    Gold is up 1.21% on the session, and materials-related equities are advancing 2.46% among tracked Canadian sectors, more than offsetting a 0.65% decline in Canadian financials. For an XEQT holder, this internal rotation within the Canadian sleeve is worth tracking: the sleeve's headline gain flatters a day where its largest tracked sector is actually lower.

  • 02

    South Korea diverges sharply within EM sleeve

    South Korean equities rose 4.05% among tracked emerging market instruments, generating a within-sleeve contribution of +0.86 pp against a backdrop of declines in China and Taiwan-related equities. The divergence is stark enough that the EM sleeve's small positive return for XEQT conceals a near-even split between one strong country and broad weakness elsewhere in the covered exposures.

  • 03

    Falling Treasury yield supports risk-on tone

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a broad benchmark for borrowing costs and discount rates, is down 0.67% to 4.451%, easing alongside a softer U.S. dollar and a lower VIX. That combination is consistent with the session's constructive posture across U.S. technology and health care, both of which are rate-sensitive in how their valuations are discounted.

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