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Midday Edition. Tuesday, June 9, 2026

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$43.37
-1.59%

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XEQT falls 1.59% at midday as an AI and tech selloff resumes across all four sleeves

XEQT is down 1.59% at midday, more than twice its recent average daily move, as a resumption of the AI and technology selloff that began last week drives losses across all four sleeves. The U.S. sleeve has declined 1.94%, accounting for roughly 56% of XEQT's total drop, with U.S. technology the dominant source of weakness within that sleeve. The Nasdaq has sunk roughly 3% as AI-related stocks resumed their decline after a brief morning recovery attempt. Canada, international developed markets, and emerging markets have all added to the drag, though none approaches the scale of the U.S. contribution.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Notable day · This afternoon's -1.59% move is 2.2× 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

    25.28% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -1.32% -0.33 pts from XEQT

    The S&P/TSX Composite is down more than 200 points, with WTI crude falling below US$90 per barrel weighing on materials and energy, the two hardest-hit sectors among those tracked. Canadian materials have dropped 4.28% and energy 2.96%, together responsible for most of the sleeve's 1.32% decline. Canadian financials, the largest sector weight in the sleeve, are essentially flat, providing a partial buffer.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.18% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -1.94% -0.88 pts from XEQT

    U.S. technology has declined 5.64% among the sectors tracked, a move large enough on its own to account for nearly all of the sleeve's 1.94% loss. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have fallen to one-month lows as AI-related names reversed an early session rebound. Health care and consumer staples posted gains, but their combined contribution was insufficient to offset the technology drag.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.39% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -1.11% -0.27 pts from XEQT

    European bourses have moved into negative territory, with the Stoxx 600 down around 0.4% and the DAX also closing lower after losing positive momentum late in the session. Japan is the steepest decliner among the markets tracked, off 2.21%, while Sweden fell 2.20%. Italy was the lone gainer among the covered markets, up 0.32%, but its weight is too small to shift the sleeve's 1.11% overall decline.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.88% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -2.00% -0.10 pts from XEQT

    South Korean equities are the sharpest decliner in this sleeve, down 5.02% among the markets tracked, followed by Taiwan equities at 2.68%. Together they account for the bulk of the sleeve's 2.00% decline. India and Brazil edged higher, and China was nearly flat, but their offsetting weight was limited given South Korea and Taiwan's combined share of the tracked emerging market exposure.

    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

Today's 1.59% decline is 2.2 times XEQT's recent daily average, which puts the session in the sharper-than-typical category without being extraordinary. The breadth of the decline, all four sleeves negative and the U.S. sleeve accounting for more than half the damage, reflects a moment when a single concentrated sector move ripples across the whole fund. What the numbers also show is that sectors such as Canadian consumer staples, U.S. health care, and U.S. consumer staples held positive ground, suggesting the damage was concentrated rather than uniform. Sessions like this are reminders that the fund's weight in growth-oriented technology is a feature of the allocation, not a flaw to correct.

Signals

  • 01

    VIX surge signals broad risk-off shift

    The VIX, a measure of expected near-term volatility priced into U.S. equity options, has surged 23.1% to 23.29, a move consistent with the simultaneous weakness across all four of XEQT's sleeves. Broad spikes of this magnitude typically reflect a market-wide shift in risk appetite rather than a single regional story, which explains why even sleeves with modest absolute losses are negative in unison.

  • 02

    U.S. tech decline dominates sleeve losses

    U.S. technology has fallen 5.64% among the sectors tracked, contributing more than two full percentage points of drag within the U.S. sleeve alone, far exceeding every other sector's move in either direction. For a global passive holder, the concentration of this pain is worth noting: the U.S. sleeve is 45% of XEQT, and technology is its largest single sector, meaning a sharp tech correction has an outsized path to the fund's daily return.

  • 03

    Oil drop amplifies Canadian sector losses

    WTI crude oil, the North American benchmark for energy prices, has dropped 3.47% to US$88.13, pulling Canadian materials and energy down 4.28% and 2.96% respectively among the sectors tracked. This commodity pressure adds a second, independent source of weakness to the Canadian sleeve beyond the global risk-off tone, pulling the TSX down more than 200 points as oil fell below the US$90 level.

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