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Open Edition. Thursday, June 4, 2026

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$44.75
+0.13%

Headline

Canada and international developed markets offset a U.S. technology pullback, leaving XEQT fractionally higher in early trading.

XEQT was trading at $44.75, up 0.13%, as a sharp reversal in U.S. technology stocks was largely absorbed by strength in Canada and European markets. The catalyst on the U.S. side was a disappointing Broadcom forecast that unwound momentum built over a nine-session winning streak for the S&P 500. Canada contributed the largest single-sleeve lift, adding approximately 0.18 percentage points, while the international developed sleeve added a nearly equal 0.12 percentage points. Emerging markets, dragged sharply lower by South Korea and Taiwan equities, were the session's clearest headwind.

How large is this morning's move?

Typical day · This morning's +0.13% move is 0.2× 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

    25.14% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.70% +0.18 pts to XEQT

    The TSX is rising in early trading, with financials and materials supplying the bulk of the move. Among the sectors tracked, financials contributed roughly 0.22 percentage points within the sleeve and materials added 0.18, more than offsetting declines in energy and information technology. The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire renewal appears consistent with the positive tone, while gold's 1.65% advance this morning is a credible support for materials strength given that sector's sensitivity to the metal.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.25% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.28% -0.13 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is down 0.28% early, driven almost entirely by a steep decline in technology, which subtracted more than one full percentage point within the sleeve. Health care, financials, and communication services are each posting meaningful gains among the sectors tracked, limiting the net damage. The 10-year Treasury yield is down 0.67% this morning, a move consistent with the defensive rotation into health care and rate-sensitive areas visible in the sector data.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.25% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.51% +0.12 pts to XEQT

    European markets are providing the session's clearest international support. Switzerland, France, and Germany are each up more than 1% among the markets tracked here, contributing the majority of XEF.TO's 0.51% gain. Japan is modestly lower, keeping the sleeve's overall advance measured rather than broad. The EUR/CAD rate is up 0.30%, at the threshold where euro-area strength begins to translate more meaningfully into CAD-denominated returns for Canadian holders.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.08% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -2.04% -0.10 pts from XEQT

    The emerging markets sleeve is the session's sharpest drag, down 2.04% and subtracting approximately 0.10 percentage points from XEQT. South Korean equities fell 6.76% and Taiwan-listed equities fell 2.74% among the areas tracked, together accounting for nearly all of the sleeve's decline. Renewed uncertainty around U.S.-Iran tensions appears to have pressured these technology-heavy markets, while India and South Africa were both higher, providing partial offset.

    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

The narrow net gain masks a session of meaningful internal tension: a large technology selloff in the U.S. and a steep decline in two major emerging market economies were offset, almost dollar for dollar, by Canadian financials and materials alongside European strength. That three sleeves are moving in directions different enough to nearly cancel each other out is, arithmetically, a demonstration of what geographic diversification does in practice. The more notable data point this morning is how concentrated the emerging markets damage is: South Korea and Taiwan account for a combined 48% of XEC.TO, and the sleeve's overall weight in XEQT is just over 5%, which is why a 2% sleeve loss translates to only about 0.10 percentage points at the fund level.

Signals

  • 01

    U.S. tech selloff masks broad sector strength

    Technology fell sharply among U.S. sectors tracked, subtracting more than one percentage point within the U.S. sleeve, while financials, health care, communication services, and consumer discretionary were all higher. For a long-term XEQT holder, the divergence signals a rotation rather than a broad U.S. retreat, and the blended sleeve loss of 0.28% reflects that offsetting dynamic.

  • 02

    South Korea and Taiwan weigh on EM

    South Korean equities dropped 6.76% and Taiwan-listed equities fell 2.74% in early trading among the markets tracked, with renewed Iran-related uncertainty cited as a factor alongside the pullback in AI-linked momentum. Because these two markets represent roughly 49% of the emerging markets sleeve, even a small XEC.TO weighting in XEQT of 5.08% produced a 0.10 percentage point drag on the fund.

  • 03

    Gold rises as yields and oil fall

    Gold is up 1.65% this morning, WTI crude is down 3.34%, and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a broad measure of borrowing costs and risk appetite, is down 0.67%, a pattern consistent with a mild flight toward safe-haven and defensive assets. This combination helps explain the divergence between Canadian materials, which are rising, and Canadian energy, which is lower among the sectors tracked.

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