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Midday Edition. Tuesday, June 2, 2026

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$44.87
+0.45%

Headline

Canada leads all four XEQT sleeves higher at midday, with financials and energy supplying the bulk of the gain.

XEQT is up 0.45% through midday, with every regional sleeve contributing positively and the Canadian sleeve doing most of the work. Canada's 0.90% advance accounts for roughly half of XEQT's total gain, driven by broad strength in financials and energy as base metals also pushed higher. The S&P/TSX composite was up more than 300 points in late-morning trading, consistent with the sleeve data. The broader global picture remains constructive, with relative calm returning to markets as signs the US-Iran ceasefire is holding reduced fears of a wider conflict.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's +0.45% move is 0.7× 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

    25.15% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.90% +0.23 pts to XEQT

    XIC.TO is up 0.90%, the strongest sleeve in the fund. Among the sectors tracked, financials rose 1.40% and energy advanced 1.69%, together accounting for the overwhelming share of the sleeve's gain. Materials added nearly 1.0% as well, consistent with copper rising 1.95% on the session and gold holding near $4,520. Industrials and consumer staples were modest drags, but their weight is small enough to leave the sleeve's direction unambiguous.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.37% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.24% +0.11 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is up 0.24%, a positive but relatively muted contribution of 0.11 pp to XEQT. Technology, the sleeve's dominant sector at roughly 37% of U.S. exposure, rose 0.82% and supplied the bulk of the gain. Communication services fell 1.17% and health care dropped 1.07%, creating a notable split within the sleeve: technology is carrying the day while defensive and media-adjacent names pull in the other direction.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.37% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.27% +0.07 pts to XEQT

    XEF.TO added 0.27%, contributing 0.07 pp to the fund. Japan was the largest positive driver among the markets tracked, rising 0.49%, though the yen weakened sharply against the Canadian dollar, limiting the CAD-translated gain for Japanese holdings. Australia and Sweden also advanced meaningfully. Switzerland slipped 0.46%, acting as the primary offset within the covered exposures.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.99% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.61% +0.03 pts to XEQT

    XEC.TO rose 0.61%, a solid gain for the fund's smallest sleeve. China-related equities surged 3.48% among the markets tracked, supplying the dominant force within the sleeve. That strength more than offset a 1.65% decline in South Korean equities, which the data shows were cautious as renewed Middle East tensions tempered sentiment in parts of Asia. Taiwan-related equities added 0.38%, a modest but positive contribution.

    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 session where all four sleeves rise simultaneously is not the norm; the 20-day average absolute move is 0.69%, and the fund is running at roughly 0.7 times that pace, which places this squarely in the range of an orderly, broad-based advance. What the structure of the day reveals is the weight Canada carries in this fund: at just over 25% of the portfolio, the Canadian sleeve is contributing more than the U.S. sleeve despite the U.S. sleeve being nearly twice as large. That concentration in a single strong day is a reminder that commodity-sensitive Canadian markets can lead when energy and materials align. The fund's four-session winning streak is a pleasant tailwind, but not a signal requiring any response.

Signals

  • 01

    Canada punching above its weight

    Canada holds 25% of XEQT but is supplying roughly 52% of the fund's gain at midday, as financials and energy move in unison with rising crude oil, which is up 1.11% to $93.18 per barrel. For a long-term holder, this illustrates how the Canadian sleeve's commodity intensity can dominate short-term attribution even when U.S. markets are larger in the portfolio.

  • 02

    U.S. sector split widens internally

    Technology rose 0.82% while communication services fell 1.17% and health care dropped 1.07%, a divergence of nearly two percentage points between the U.S. sleeve's winners and losers at midday. The net sleeve return of 0.24% understates the rotation occurring beneath the surface, where defensive and media-adjacent sectors are giving back ground that technology is working to offset.

  • 03

    Yen weakness pressures Japan returns

    The Japanese yen fell 1.15% against the Canadian dollar, one of the sharper currency moves in the data, at a point when Japan represents roughly 26% of the international developed sleeve. Japan-listed equities rose 0.49% in local terms, but yen weakness translates that gain into a smaller CAD-denominated return for XEQT holders, a reminder that currency exposure is embedded in every international sleeve position.

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