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Open Edition. Wednesday, June 3, 2026

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$44.76
-0.40%

Headline

Middle East escalation pulls all four XEQT sleeves lower in early trading.

XEQT was trading at $44.76, down 0.40% in the first half-hour, as renewed Middle East tensions lifted oil and pressured equities broadly. Rising crude stoked inflation concerns, nudging the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield up to 4.49% and giving equity markets little cover. All four sleeves are in the red, with Canada and the U.S. each contributing roughly 0.14 percentage points of the decline, and emerging markets adding a further 0.06 points despite a constructive longer-run backdrop for the region's technology leaders.

How large is this morning's move?

Typical day · This morning's -0.40% move is 0.6× 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

    25.10% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.55% -0.14 pts from XEQT

    The TSX is down 0.55% early, with the steepest damage concentrated in materials and information technology, which fell 2.57% and 3.34% respectively among the sectors tracked. Canadian energy is the session's clearest offset, rising 1.17% as WTI crude climbs above $95 on the day. Consumer staples and utilities are also modestly positive, but neither is large enough to blunt the drag from the two growth-oriented sectors.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.37% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.30% -0.14 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is off 0.30%, with technology down 1.54% among tracked sectors, accounting for more than half the sleeve's internal drag. Health care, consumer staples, and energy are each positive and provide some cushion. The S&P 500 was on course to snap a nine-day rally, consistent with the sleeve's early pressure.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.25% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.22% -0.05 pts from XEQT

    XEF.TO is down 0.22%, the smallest sleeve decline in absolute terms. European markets are broadly lower among the areas tracked, with Germany and Switzerland each falling more than 0.9%. Japan is the notable exception, rising 0.43% in the covered exposures, consistent with reports of global funds rotating into Japanese equities while reducing exposure to the region's sharper-moving markets.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.09% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -1.21% -0.06 pts from XEQT

    XEC.TO is down 1.21%, the sharpest percentage decline across the four sleeves. South Korea fell 2.20% and China dropped 1.76% among the markets tracked, together accounting for most of the sleeve's early loss. The weakness arrives even as Goldman Sachs raised its Kospi target and upgraded Taiwan, underscoring that near-term price action and medium-term analyst conviction are not always aligned.

    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

Breadth of weakness across all four sleeves can feel meaningful in the moment, but the fund's 0.40% decline is running at roughly 0.6 times its recent 20-day average daily swing, placing this squarely within ordinary market variation. The emerging markets sleeve carries notable internal tension: South Korea has roughly doubled in 2026, and elevated leverage within that market is amplifying short-term swings in both directions. For a long-term holder, that volatility is a feature of a sleeve that has already delivered exceptional returns this year, not a signal that the underlying thesis has changed.

Signals

  • 01

    Oil rises, energy sectors diverge

    WTI crude climbed 1.43% to $95.10, lifting Canadian and U.S. energy sectors while most other sectors fell, producing a clear split within both sleeves early in the session. For XEQT holders, energy's positive contribution partially offsets materials and technology drag in Canada, though the net sleeve result remains negative.

  • 02

    South Korea volatility amplifies EM swing

    South Korea equities fell 2.20% among the markets tracked despite a fresh Goldman Sachs upgrade, with reports citing leverage-driven forced selling amplifying moves at a pace reminiscent of past crisis periods. The emerging markets sleeve is only 5.09% of XEQT, so today's 1.21% sleeve decline adds roughly 0.06 percentage points of drag, meaningful but contained within the fund's overall structure.

  • 03

    Treasury yield climbs on crude-driven inflation concerns

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a benchmark for the cost of long-term borrowing, rose to 4.49% as higher crude prices rekindled inflation concerns, pressuring growth and rate-sensitive equities across the U.S. and Canadian sleeves. Worth watching: if yields continue climbing, sectors such as real estate and utilities, already lightly negative in early trading, could face additional headwinds in later sessions.

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