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Midday Edition. Wednesday, June 3, 2026

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$44.74
-0.45%

Headline

All four XEQT sleeves are lower at midday, with Canada leading the decline.

XEQT is trading at $44.74, down 0.45% on the session, as broad-based selling touches every regional sleeve. Canada is the sharpest drag, contributing roughly 0.18 percentage points to the decline, driven by steep losses in materials and technology. The U.S. sleeve is holding up better than its peers, down just 0.22%, though weakness in technology and communication services is offsetting gains in energy and health care. At 0.7 times the fund's recent average daily move, this is a measured pullback rather than an outsized one.

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

    25.27% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.71% -0.18 pts from XEQT

    The Canadian sleeve is off 0.71%, the weakest of the four. Materials have fallen 3.02% among the sectors tracked, consistent with copper dropping 2.56% on the day, while information technology is down 2.85%. Energy is the clear counterweight, rising 1.87% as WTI crude climbs above $95 and adds back 0.32 percentage points within the sleeve, limiting what would otherwise be a steeper loss.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.17% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.22% -0.10 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is down 0.22%, the smallest decline of the session. Technology, communication services, and financials are each off more than 1% among the sectors tracked, yet health care and energy are posting gains of roughly 1% and 2% respectively, softening the net effect. The Canadian dollar's 0.44% slide against the U.S. dollar is cushioning the sleeve's CAD-denominated return, as the translation effect adds roughly 0.44 percentage points back against the raw USD return.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.22% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.38% -0.09 pts from XEQT

    XEF.TO is down 0.38%, with European markets accounting for most of the pressure. Germany, Switzerland, France, and the UK are all lower among the markets tracked, with Germany off 1.69%. Japan is the exception, rising 0.39% and contributing roughly 0.10 percentage points back into the sleeve, partly offsetting European losses. Middle East tensions have been cited as a factor denting European sentiment.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.10% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -1.25% -0.06 pts from XEQT

    XEC.TO is down 1.25%, the steepest percentage decline of any sleeve. Brazil has fallen 3.45% among the markets tracked, and China and South Korea are each off more than 1.7%. Taiwan, which carries the largest weight in the sleeve, is down a comparatively modest 0.48%. Goldman Sachs upgraded Taiwan to Buy and raised its South Korea target by 36% implied upside, though that has not prevented short-term selling pressure across the sleeve this session.

    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 decline simultaneously can feel significant, but the fund's 0.45% move sits well within the range of normal variation. What the breakdown reveals is a portfolio where internal offsets are functioning: Canadian energy is rising while materials fall, U.S. health care and energy are countering technology weakness, and Japan is holding up against a softer Europe. The net result is a decline shaped by broad caution rather than concentrated stress in any single area. XEQT remains 27.9% above its 52-week low, which is the more durable frame for measuring where the fund stands.

Signals

  • 01

    Copper slide pressures Canadian materials

    Copper, a commodity often used as a gauge of global industrial demand, has fallen 2.56% and is tracking alongside a 3.02% decline in Canadian materials among the sectors covered, the largest tracked drag inside the Canadian sleeve. For an XEQT holder, Canadian materials represent roughly 4.5% of the total fund, meaning the sector's weakness is meaningful but contained within a diversified structure.

  • 02

    CAD weakness cushions U.S. sleeve returns

    The Canadian dollar has fallen 0.44% against the U.S. dollar, which adds roughly 0.44 percentage points back to the CAD-translated value of U.S. assets held inside XEQT. This partially explains why the U.S. sleeve's 0.22% decline is softer than the raw USD performance of U.S. equities would suggest, a mechanical currency effect that works in favour of Canadian investors when the loonie weakens.

  • 03

    South Korea swings sharply despite upgrades

    South Korean equities are down 1.71% among the markets tracked within the emerging markets sleeve, even as Goldman Sachs has upgraded its outlook significantly this session, with a new target implying 36% upside for the Kospi. The Korea Herald has reported market swings of a pace not seen since the financial crisis, with rising leverage and forced selling amplifying moves in both directions, a dynamic XEQT holders are exposed to through the fund's roughly 1.2% effective weight in South Korean equities.

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